Las placillas del desierto. Construcción de espacio urbano en el despoblado de Atacama. Bolivia y Chile, 1870-1900

The article analyzes the peopling of the Atacama Desert from the analysis of three placillas, a type of emerging urban settlement that occurred in Chile since the mid eighteenth century to the same period of the nineteenth century, characterized by the proximity of their locations to mining. These v...

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Main Author: Milton Godoy Orellana
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Groupe de Recherche Amérique Latine Histoire et Mémoire 2015-11-01
Series:Les Cahiers ALHIM
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/alhim/5183
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description The article analyzes the peopling of the Atacama Desert from the analysis of three placillas, a type of emerging urban settlement that occurred in Chile since the mid eighteenth century to the same period of the nineteenth century, characterized by the proximity of their locations to mining. These villages appeared distant from the political and military power of the plazas or central villages and their merchants and miners benefited from an adjacent farm were located. The article examines the construction of urban space in Placillas Cachinal de La Sierra, Esmeralda and Caracoles concerning their urban designs and the presence of the state apparatus. In this analysis, one may notice differences regarding the presence of the classic grid street plan, their greater or lesser level of planning, and the presence of state order manifested in the type of urban design that means using a grid street plan. Finally, I analyze the placillas in a time perspective changes noting that the concept has faced.
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spelling doaj-art-cf187bbe95fa4c9b872cc397ed9711a02025-01-10T14:54:43ZspaGroupe de Recherche Amérique Latine Histoire et MémoireLes Cahiers ALHIM1628-67311777-51752015-11-012910.4000/alhim.5183Las placillas del desierto. Construcción de espacio urbano en el despoblado de Atacama. Bolivia y Chile, 1870-1900Milton Godoy OrellanaThe article analyzes the peopling of the Atacama Desert from the analysis of three placillas, a type of emerging urban settlement that occurred in Chile since the mid eighteenth century to the same period of the nineteenth century, characterized by the proximity of their locations to mining. These villages appeared distant from the political and military power of the plazas or central villages and their merchants and miners benefited from an adjacent farm were located. The article examines the construction of urban space in Placillas Cachinal de La Sierra, Esmeralda and Caracoles concerning their urban designs and the presence of the state apparatus. In this analysis, one may notice differences regarding the presence of the classic grid street plan, their greater or lesser level of planning, and the presence of state order manifested in the type of urban design that means using a grid street plan. Finally, I analyze the placillas in a time perspective changes noting that the concept has faced.https://journals.openedition.org/alhim/5183urban spaceAtacamadameroplacillas
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Las placillas del desierto. Construcción de espacio urbano en el despoblado de Atacama. Bolivia y Chile, 1870-1900
Les Cahiers ALHIM
urban space
Atacama
damero
placillas
title Las placillas del desierto. Construcción de espacio urbano en el despoblado de Atacama. Bolivia y Chile, 1870-1900
title_full Las placillas del desierto. Construcción de espacio urbano en el despoblado de Atacama. Bolivia y Chile, 1870-1900
title_fullStr Las placillas del desierto. Construcción de espacio urbano en el despoblado de Atacama. Bolivia y Chile, 1870-1900
title_full_unstemmed Las placillas del desierto. Construcción de espacio urbano en el despoblado de Atacama. Bolivia y Chile, 1870-1900
title_short Las placillas del desierto. Construcción de espacio urbano en el despoblado de Atacama. Bolivia y Chile, 1870-1900
title_sort las placillas del desierto construccion de espacio urbano en el despoblado de atacama bolivia y chile 1870 1900
topic urban space
Atacama
damero
placillas
url https://journals.openedition.org/alhim/5183
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