Abstract

This article presents the results of excavations and analyses of artifacts, ecofacts and rock art from the Infieles-1 site at Puna de Atacama, Chile. This site is located adjacent to an ignimbrite wall with several rock paintings. The analysis of these paintings and engravings, together with the excavation carried out, made it possible to identify three pottery occupations. The first is related to Condorhuasi-Río Diablo ceramic carriers from the Formative period from northwestern Argentina, together with manifestations that have references in the Punta del Pueblo de Antofagasta de la Sierra stylistic modality (500-1000 AD), consistent with the radiocarbon dating (AMS) obtained in Infieles-1. Towards the end of this period, possible Ánimas motifs were identified and, finally, there was a third moment probably associated with the Late Intermediate Period/Late Period based on cultural manifestations from the northern and central Atacama region. A brief description of the historical rock art found at the site is also provided with an analysis of its definitions and cultural implications. In summary, the temporal and diachronic occupations of the site by local groups responsible for the rock art at Infieles during the pottery period are described and discussed as manifesting accentuated cultural interrelations with trans-Andean spaces from an internodal perspective and from a regional and interregional traffic perspective.