Landscape of Movement, an Integration of Caspana territory from the Ritual and the Ancestral

This article reviews the concept of “landscapes in movement” as an expression of the use and perception of territories of native peoples. This perspective integrates the protection of archaeological sites and the intangible heritage of communities. Too articulate a landscape in movement, different historical antecedents made by anthropologists and archaeologists that account for movement patterns are reviewed, both on the scale of the Inca road and towards ceremonial sites in Alto Loa. This material is complemented by a cultural mapping activity conducted with the community of Caspana, Antofagasta region, whose objective was to identify significant places for the community associated with movement patterns. The results of the mapping are presented as a double territorial articulation: the ritual territory, of intensive use where the community of Caspana carries out religious festivals, pilgrimages, ritual processions, and sacralization of places; and the ancestral territory, where families used to visit estancias and chapels located between towns during religious festivals, among other activities. This view allows integrating reviews of the past with current perspectives of those who inhabit them, being a potential for new participation methodologies for heritage management.