The guangualíes (mapudungun: 'place where there is a type of grass similar to poor quality wheat', from wa, 'poor quality wheat', and wali, 'animal fight')[1][n 1] were places far from the urban centers of northern and central Chile that had material available to make quick homes.
Description
The abundance of inedible grass was used to build quick homes. Every place inhabited by Mapudungún-speaking groups, whether Picunches or Mapuches, had a guangualí attached to it. When migrating to urban centers, the indigenous people knew where to build their temporary homes. This had a dual function: to provide an area for designated temporary housing and to control newcomers to prevent the entry of problematic individuals.
Almost all pre-Hispanic cultures had an equivalent; The Inca Empire placed the newcomers on the other side of the rivers.
Town planning
Between centuries, Santiago had a guanguali on the north bank of the Mapocho River, close to what is now the Pio Nono neighborhood&action=edit&redlink=1 "Pío Nono (street) (not yet written)").[2] They were long associated with the concept of "Indian town."
Concept mutation
Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna detested this Mapuche urban planning solution. In one of his publications he wrote:
This literary figure meant that, upon entering the 19th century, the Guangualí people were called "calampa populations", a name they have to this day.
References
[2] ↑ No aparece en los diccionarios; parece una voz compuesta del mapudungo: Cf. Augusta, de wanwan\nen, n., 'ser poco harinoso (el trigo), algo vacío el grano'; hay dudas sobre el segundo formante. Podría ser alguno de los cuatro siguientes: lif/ adj., 'limpio, despejado'; lür/ adj., 'parejo, llano'; liq/, adj., 'blanco'; lin/ s. 'la ratonera (pasto)'. De acuerdo a lo anterior, podría significar 'lugar donde existe un tipo de pasto semejante a un trigo de mala calidad'.[1].
indigenous urbanism
Introduction
The guangualíes (mapudungun: 'place where there is a type of grass similar to poor quality wheat', from wa, 'poor quality wheat', and wali, 'animal fight')[1][n 1] were places far from the urban centers of northern and central Chile that had material available to make quick homes.
Description
The abundance of inedible grass was used to build quick homes. Every place inhabited by Mapudungún-speaking groups, whether Picunches or Mapuches, had a guangualí attached to it. When migrating to urban centers, the indigenous people knew where to build their temporary homes. This had a dual function: to provide an area for designated temporary housing and to control newcomers to prevent the entry of problematic individuals.
Almost all pre-Hispanic cultures had an equivalent; The Inca Empire placed the newcomers on the other side of the rivers.
Town planning
Between centuries, Santiago had a guanguali on the north bank of the Mapocho River, close to what is now the Pio Nono neighborhood&action=edit&redlink=1 "Pío Nono (street) (not yet written)").[2] They were long associated with the concept of "Indian town."
Concept mutation
Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna detested this Mapuche urban planning solution. In one of his publications he wrote:
This literary figure meant that, upon entering the 19th century, the Guangualí people were called "calampa populations", a name they have to this day.
References
[2] ↑ No aparece en los diccionarios; parece una voz compuesta del mapudungo: Cf. Augusta, de wanwan\nen, n., 'ser poco harinoso (el trigo), algo vacío el grano'; hay dudas sobre el segundo formante. Podría ser alguno de los cuatro siguientes: lif/ adj., 'limpio, despejado'; lür/ adj., 'parejo, llano'; liq/, adj., 'blanco'; lin/ s. 'la ratonera (pasto)'. De acuerdo a lo anterior, podría significar 'lugar donde existe un tipo de pasto semejante a un trigo de mala calidad'.[1].