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  INHABITANTS 
  OF 
  N. 
  CHILEAN 
  COAST 
  BIRD 
  597 
  

  

  sheep, 
  goats, 
  and 
  burros. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  longer 
  anything 
  either 
  cultural, 
  

   physical, 
  or 
  linguistic 
  to 
  distinguish 
  them 
  from 
  other 
  people 
  similarly 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  Chile. 
  

  

  Perhaps 
  the 
  only 
  element 
  of 
  their 
  old 
  culture 
  surviving 
  into 
  this 
  

   century 
  is 
  the 
  sea 
  lion 
  skin 
  float. 
  These 
  are 
  best 
  described 
  and 
  illus- 
  

   trated 
  by 
  Lothrop 
  (1932). 
  To 
  these 
  data 
  little 
  can 
  be 
  added. 
  In 
  

   1942, 
  one 
  man 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Coquimbo 
  was 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  still 
  using 
  such 
  

   a 
  float. 
  

  

  No 
  evidence 
  of 
  these 
  craft 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  archeologically. 
  Gut 
  

   water 
  bags 
  with 
  a 
  seam 
  lashing 
  analogous 
  to 
  the 
  technique 
  used 
  in 
  

   joining 
  the 
  skins 
  of 
  the 
  floats 
  occur 
  with 
  the 
  oldest 
  agricultural 
  remains 
  

   at 
  Punta 
  Pichalo 
  and 
  with 
  material 
  of 
  undertain 
  age 
  at 
  Chiu-chiu. 
  

   At 
  Arica 
  models 
  of 
  rafts 
  made 
  of 
  three 
  logs 
  accompanied 
  by 
  double- 
  

   bladed 
  paddles 
  are 
  common 
  (Bird, 
  1943, 
  fig. 
  10, 
  k). 
  These 
  may 
  well 
  

   have 
  been 
  in 
  use 
  much 
  farther 
  south 
  wherever 
  suitable 
  wood 
  could 
  be 
  

   obtained, 
  an 
  assumption 
  supported 
  by 
  Frezier's 
  description 
  (1717, 
  

   p. 
  81) 
  of 
  3-log 
  rafts 
  at 
  Concepci6n. 
  

  

  Other 
  items 
  of 
  Chango 
  material 
  culture 
  are 
  traceable 
  back 
  to 
  various 
  

   epochs. 
  The 
  crossed-stick 
  pack 
  baskets 
  and 
  carrying 
  straps 
  appear 
  

   first 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  agricultural 
  division 
  at 
  Punta 
  Pichalo, 
  while 
  the 
  

   form 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  harpoon 
  is 
  considerably 
  older, 
  occurring 
  commonly 
  

   in 
  preagricultural 
  refuse. 
  A 
  squid 
  hook 
  or 
  jigger 
  still 
  in 
  use 
  can 
  be 
  

   traced 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  while 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  sea 
  lion 
  harpoon 
  

   used 
  in 
  historic 
  times 
  has 
  an 
  even 
  earlier 
  origin. 
  In 
  other 
  words, 
  

   Chango 
  culture, 
  from 
  at 
  least 
  Paposo 
  southward, 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   a 
  blend 
  of 
  elements 
  drawn 
  from 
  the 
  various 
  cultural 
  divisions 
  in 
  evi- 
  

   dence 
  at 
  Arica 
  and 
  Punta 
  Pichalo. 
  

  

  BIBLIOGRAPHY 
  

  

  Bird, 
  1943; 
  Bollaert, 
  1860; 
  Boman, 
  1908; 
  Bowman, 
  1924; 
  Camacho, 
  1943; 
  

   Carvallo 
  i 
  Goyeneche, 
  1876; 
  D'Orbigny, 
  1835-47; 
  FrSzier, 
  1717; 
  Latcham, 
  

   1910, 
  1928 
  a; 
  Lothrop, 
  1932; 
  Markham, 
  1871; 
  Medina, 
  1882; 
  Posnansky, 
  1938; 
  

   Sayago, 
  1874. 
  

  

  