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HORTA TRICALLOTIS, Helena; HIDALGO LEHUEDE, Jorge  y  FIGUEROA LARRE, Valentina. TRANSFORMACIÓN Y RESIGNIFICACIÓN DE LA PARAFERNALIA ALUCINÓGENA PREHISPÁNICA EN ATACAMA A LA LUZ DE UN DOCUMENTO DEL SIGLO XVII. Estud. atacam. [online]. 2016, n.53, pp.93-116.  Epub 15-Nov-2016. ISSN 0718-1043.

A document dated to 1674 referred to a campaign ofextirpation ofidols held in Atacama (Lasana, Caspana and Ayquina) appears to accountfor the colonial survivalof certain instruments of prehispanic religious worship, specifically snuff traysfor inhaling hallucinogens that were used in shamanic rituals. The descrip-tiongiven in the document on such objects is clear enough to establish correlates -at least in one case, a paraphernalia stylefrom the Late Intermediate Period and Inca Horizon in Atacamenian area, whichfocuses on the representation of the head ofa feline. In this paper,formaland iconographic aspects of this style are discussedfor the first time.Additionally, we propose that through the information recordedin this document, itseemspossible to detect an unprecedentedphenome-non of transformation and redefinition ofobjects ofancientprehispanic worship in the new colonialscenario: this would have happened through a significant modification ofthe originalfunction of the snuff trays in question, giving a new sense of the cult itself.

Palabras clave : snuff tray; Prehispanic religion; Atacama Desert; extirpation of idolatry; Loa River.

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