A01=Persis B. Clarkson
aerial archaeology South America
ancient Andean societies
ancient Andean trade routes
ancient caravan routes South America
ancient desert artwork
ancient desert societies
ancient South American travel routes
Andean archaeological sites
Andean caravan history
Andean civilization studies
Andean cosmology and trade
Andean cultural landscapes
Andean llama caravans
Andean migration routes
Andean pilgrimage routes
archaeological fieldwork memoir
archaeological survey methods
archaeology of Andean trade
archaeology of camelid caravans
astronomy and geoglyphs
Atacama Desert archaeology
Atacama Desert geoglyphs
Atacama Desert rock art
Atacama indigenous history
Atacama petroglyphs
Author_Persis B. Clarkson
caravan trails in Chile
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Cerros Mani geoglyphs
Chilean archaeological research
Chilean geoglyphs
cultural heritage of the Atacama
cultural landscapes of the Andes
desert archaeology techniques
desert geoglyphs interpretation
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forthcoming
geoglyph preservation
geoglyph studies Chile
geoglyphs and astronomy
Guatacondo Quebrada
llama caravan economy
llamas in ancient trade
Persis B. Clarkson archaeology
pre-Columbian Andean societies
pre-Columbian Atacama
pre-Columbian trade routes
prehistoric Andean pathways
prehistoric South American trade
ritual significance of geoglyphs
sacred landscapes of the Andes
South American aerial photography
South American ethnoarchaeology
South American petroglyphs
South American rock art
South American trade networks
Tamentica Oasis
trade and ritual in the Andes
Product details
- ISBN 9781647692537
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Sep 2026
- Publisher: University of Utah Press,U.S.
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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An anthropological and narrative exploration of ancient llama caravans and their associated geoglyphs in the Chilean Atacama Desert
Caravan Trails of Tamentica is a vivid exploration of ancient Andean llama caravans and their associated geoglyphs—ground drawings—in the Chilean Atacama Desert. In retracing the paths of caravans and documenting the evidence that remains of their journeys, Persis B. Clarkson sheds new light on the possible social, astronomical, and ritual roles of these magnificent drawings.
Focusing on one segment of caravan trails from the Tamentica Oasis in the Guatacondo Quebrada to the Cerros ManÍ to the south, Clarkson intertwines insights on the environmental, cultural, and archaeological landscapes with narratives of her methods and personal experiences of archaeological fieldwork in the Atacama Desert. Modern and historic accounts of and by Andean caravanners lend depth and significance, while dozens of aerial photographs capture the breadth and scope of the thousands of geoglyphs in this fascinating region.
Caravan Trails of Tamentica is a vivid exploration of ancient Andean llama caravans and their associated geoglyphs—ground drawings—in the Chilean Atacama Desert. In retracing the paths of caravans and documenting the evidence that remains of their journeys, Persis B. Clarkson sheds new light on the possible social, astronomical, and ritual roles of these magnificent drawings.
Focusing on one segment of caravan trails from the Tamentica Oasis in the Guatacondo Quebrada to the Cerros ManÍ to the south, Clarkson intertwines insights on the environmental, cultural, and archaeological landscapes with narratives of her methods and personal experiences of archaeological fieldwork in the Atacama Desert. Modern and historic accounts of and by Andean caravanners lend depth and significance, while dozens of aerial photographs capture the breadth and scope of the thousands of geoglyphs in this fascinating region.
Persis B. Clarkson is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Winnipeg, Canada. She is coeditor of Caravans in Global Perspective: Contexts and Boundaries and Caravans in Socio-Cultural Perspective: Past and Present.
