﻿602 
  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  Tiahuanaco 
  and 
  Epigonal 
  (A.D. 
  600-900), 
  and 
  is 
  followed 
  by 
  Period 
  

   5, 
  Indigenous 
  Atacameno 
  (A.D. 
  900-1100), 
  Period 
  6, 
  Chmch&-Atacameno 
  

   (A.D. 
  1100-1350), 
  and 
  Period 
  7, 
  Inca 
  (1350 
  until 
  the 
  Spanish 
  Con- 
  

   quest). 
  This 
  sequence 
  is 
  questioned 
  by 
  some 
  archeologists, 
  first, 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  Classic 
  Tiahuanaco 
  design 
  is 
  found 
  on 
  such 
  typical 
  Atacameno 
  

   artifacts 
  as 
  the 
  wooden 
  snuff 
  tablets; 
  and, 
  second, 
  because 
  some 
  

   graves 
  have 
  been 
  isolated 
  at 
  Kio 
  Loa 
  which 
  contain 
  Decadent 
  Tia- 
  

   huanaco 
  pottery. 
  Thus 
  an 
  Atacameno 
  Period 
  might 
  have 
  existed 
  in 
  

   times 
  contemporaneous 
  with 
  Classic 
  Tiahuanaco, 
  and 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  

   local 
  Calama 
  region, 
  a 
  Decadent 
  Tiahuanaco 
  Period 
  might 
  have 
  

   temporarily 
  interrupted 
  the 
  Atacameno 
  sequence 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  time. 
  

   Furthermore, 
  the 
  significance 
  and 
  validity 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Chincha,- 
  Atacameno" 
  

   division 
  is 
  yet 
  to 
  be 
  established 
  satisfactorily. 
  

  

  The 
  archeological 
  work 
  in 
  Northwest 
  Argentina 
  presents 
  a 
  some- 
  

   what 
  different 
  picture. 
  Ambrose 
  tti 
  (1907) 
  has 
  described 
  the 
  contents 
  

   of 
  202 
  graves 
  which 
  he 
  excavated 
  at 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  La 
  Paya 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  

   Calchaqui 
  Valley, 
  Salta 
  Province. 
  An 
  analysis 
  of 
  these 
  graves 
  

   shows 
  that 
  the 
  site 
  had 
  a 
  mixed 
  occupation, 
  including 
  pure 
  Atacameno, 
  

   Atacameno 
  mixed 
  with 
  Diaguita, 
  pure 
  Diaguita, 
  and 
  Diaguita 
  mixed 
  

   with 
  a 
  local 
  variety 
  of 
  Inca, 
  The 
  La 
  Paya 
  chronology 
  appears 
  to 
  

   follow 
  this 
  same 
  order, 
  that 
  is, 
  with 
  the 
  pure 
  Atacameno 
  graves 
  as 
  

   the 
  earliest, 
  and 
  definitely 
  vre-Diaguita. 
  Furthermore, 
  the 
  La 
  Paya 
  

   Atacameno 
  shows 
  no 
  evidence 
  of 
  Tiahuanaco, 
  Diaguita, 
  Chincha 
  or 
  

   Inca 
  influence. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  the 
  grave 
  types 
  and 
  artifacts 
  are 
  

   closely 
  related 
  to 
  those 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Kio 
  Loa 
  region. 
  In 
  other 
  words, 
  

   the 
  La 
  Paya 
  evidence 
  suggests 
  that 
  an 
  early 
  Atacameno 
  first 
  mixed 
  

   with 
  and 
  was 
  then 
  replaced 
  by 
  Diaguita 
  in 
  -pre-Inca 
  times. 
  

  

  Von 
  Eosen 
  (1924) 
  excavated 
  at 
  two 
  sites, 
  Casabindo 
  and 
  Moro- 
  

   huasi, 
  both 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  Puna 
  de 
  Jujuy, 
  roughly 
  between 
  the 
  La 
  

   Paya 
  and 
  the 
  Eio 
  Loa 
  regions. 
  At 
  both 
  sites, 
  the 
  buildings, 
  the 
  

   burial 
  type, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  ceramic 
  styles 
  definitely 
  correspond 
  to 
  the 
  

   Inca 
  Period. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  nonceramic 
  artifacts 
  

   are 
  typical 
  of 
  Atacameno 
  as 
  defined 
  by 
  the 
  early 
  La 
  Paya 
  graves 
  and 
  

   the 
  excavations 
  at 
  Calama 
  on 
  the 
  Rio 
  Loa. 
  

  

  A 
  summation 
  of 
  the 
  evidence 
  from 
  these 
  three 
  regions 
  suggests 
  

   that 
  a 
  pattern 
  of 
  culture, 
  here 
  designated 
  Atacameno, 
  was 
  established 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  total 
  area 
  at 
  a 
  relatively 
  early 
  date, 
  in 
  part 
  contem- 
  

   poraneous 
  with 
  Classical 
  Tiahuanaco, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  having 
  its 
  origins 
  

   even 
  farther 
  in 
  the 
  past. 
  In 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  isolated 
  areas, 
  a 
  sub- 
  

   stantial 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  culture 
  persisted 
  into 
  post-Spanish 
  times. 
  From 
  

   time 
  to 
  time, 
  this 
  basic 
  Atacameno 
  culture 
  was 
  influenced 
  by 
  others, 
  

   including 
  Tiahuanaco, 
  Diaguita, 
  the 
  so-called 
  Chincha, 
  and 
  Inca. 
  

   These 
  influences 
  modified 
  and 
  enriched 
  the 
  basic 
  pattern, 
  without, 
  

   however, 
  replacing 
  or 
  eliminating 
  it 
  entirely. 
  Were 
  the 
  records 
  more 
  

   complete, 
  it 
  could 
  probably 
  be 
  demonstrated 
  that 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  

  

  