LA ALFARAERíA DE QUILLAGUA EN EL CONTEXTO FORMATIVO DEL NORTE GRANDE DE CHILE (1.000 a.C. - 500 d.C.)

preliminary research results in the oasis of quillagua in northern chile show that this place was occupied by different cultural entities along the formative period. mortuary pottery collections from quillagua and the region of valles occidentales to the north and the sub area circumpune？a to the south, were analyzed and compared to determine who were those groups that occupied the intermetiate geographic region of quillagua. we introduce our first conclusions about the pottery traditions of the formative period, and their nucleous of production and their distribution