Las Ánimas complex is an

archaeological culture An archaeological culture is a recurring assemblage of types of artifacts, buildings and monuments from a specific period and region that may constitute the material culture remains of a particular past human society. The connection between thes ...

of northern

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considered to be the immediate precursor to the

Diaguita The Diaguita people are a group of South American Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous people native to the Chilean Norte Chico, Chile, Norte Chico and the Argentine Northwest. Western or Chilean Diaguitas lived mainly in the Transvers ...

culture. The culture developed in the Chilean region of Norte Chico between 800 and 1000 CE. Prior to Las Ánimas complex, an archaeological culture known as El Molle complex existed in Norte Chico from 300 to 700 CE.

Archaeological findings

Pottery recovered from Las Ánimas complex has linear designs painted with white, red or black. The black colour derives from specular hematite. Las Ánimas complex has the earliest evidence for copper metallurgy in Norte Chico.

Regional geology

A 2014 paleomagnetic and geochronologic study on the Sierra de las Ánimas geological complex found that the complex was erupted around 578 Ma and did not extend into the Cambrian.

References

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Archaeological findings

Regional geology

See also

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