Huarpe

Huarpe
	Member of theMilkayakHuarpe ethnicity
Regions with significant populations
	Argentina (Cuyo)
Argentina	34,279
Languages
	Spanish; formerlyQuechuaandHuarpe
Religion
	traditional tribal religion

TheHuarpesorWarpesare anindigenous peopleofArgentina,living in theCuyoregion. Some scholars assume that in theHuarpe language,this word means "sandy ground,"^[2]but according toArte y Vocabulario de la lengua general del Reino de Chile,written byAndrés Febrésin Lima in 1765, the wordCuyocomes fromAraucaniancuyum puulli,meaning "sandy land" or "desert country".^[3]

History

Huarpe people settled in permanent villages beginning in the 5th century CE. About 50 to 100 people lived in a village, making them smaller thanDiaguitasettlements. They were agrarian people who grew corn (Zea mays), beans, squash, and quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa).^[4]Towards the 15th century, Huarpe territory expanded into the current Argentinian provinces ofSan Luis,MendozaandSan Juanand even on the north of theNeuquen Province.They inhabited between theJáchal Riverat north, to theDiamante Riverat south and between theAndesandConlara Valleyon San Luis.^[5]They were never fully part of theIncan Empire,but were influenced by Inca culture and adopted llama ranching and theQuechua languageafter 1480.^[4]

Chilean encomenderos who hadencomiendasinCuyointroduced to Chile indigenous Huarpes, whom they hired to other Spaniards without encomiendas.^[6]

Notes

^"Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Viviendas 2010: Resultados definitivos: Serie B N^o2: Tomo 1 "(PDF)(in Spanish). INDEC. p. 281. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 8 December 2015.Retrieved5 December2015.
^Peoples of the Americas, Volume 1 By Patrick Gray.Marshall Cavendish, 1999. 1999.ISBN 9780761470519.Retrieved8 October2010.
^Oms, Andrés Febrés (1765).Arte de la lengua general del reyno de Chile: con un dialogo chileno-hispano... By Andrés Febrés Oms.Retrieved8 October2010.
^^a ^bLewis 18
^Colonial Latin America, Volume 1 edited by Leslie Bethell.6 December 1984.ISBN 9780521232234.Retrieved8 October2010.
^(in Spanish)Villalobos, Sergio;Silva, Osvaldo;Silva, Fernando and Estelle, Patricio. 1974.Historia De Chile.Editorial Universitaria,Chile. p 166–170.

References

Lewis, Daniel K.The History of Argentina.New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2001.ISBN 978-1-4039-6254-6.

External links

Mendoza – History and Legends
Huarpe People – Encyclopædia Britannica
Discovery of a Fragment of the Printed Copy of the Work on the Millcayac...,by Rodolfo R. Schuller
Millcayac y Allentiac: Los dialectos del idioma HuarpeBy Catalina Teresa Michieli – 1990
(in Spanish)Information about the Huarpe culture
(in Spanish)Web site about the Huarpe culture
(in Spanish)Espejos culturales. EthnographyMap of the Huarpes territory.

[indec-1] "Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Viviendas 2010: Resultados definitivos: Serie B N^o2: Tomo 1 "(PDF)(in Spanish). INDEC. p. 281. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 8 December 2015.Retrieved5 December2015.

[vocabulariocuyum2-2] Peoples of the Americas, Volume 1 By Patrick Gray.Marshall Cavendish, 1999. 1999.ISBN 9780761470519.Retrieved8 October2010.

[vocabulariocuyum-3] Oms, Andrés Febrés (1765).Arte de la lengua general del reyno de Chile: con un dialogo chileno-hispano... By Andrés Febrés Oms.Retrieved8 October2010.

[l18-4] Lewis 18

[huarpeterritory-5] Colonial Latin America, Volume 1 edited by Leslie Bethell.6 December 1984.ISBN 9780521232234.Retrieved8 October2010.

[villalobosHacienda2-6] (in Spanish)Villalobos, Sergio;Silva, Osvaldo;Silva, Fernando and Estelle, Patricio. 1974.Historia De Chile.Editorial Universitaria,Chile. p 166–170.

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