En torno a los motivos biomorfos de la Puerta del Sol en el norte de Chile

Abstract

The so called "Gateway of Sun", belonging to the Classic period of the Tiahuanaco culture, presents sculptured on its threshold a series of biomorphic -the Staff God, winged angels and heliomorphic figures, principally- which dispersion in Chile is analyzed through of its presence in wooden snuff table, petroglyphs, fine textiles and pyro-engraved bones. The pan-andean distribution of these conventions and the particular stylistic treatment they receive in different spacetime contexts, gives them quality of "guide-elements" capable of giving a global image of the initial instance of the Middle Horizon in Northern Chile.