El Amanecer de Arica y Tarapacá S. XVI

26 Juan Herrera Veas
craneos, “The quality of early ethnograic reporting is not such as to
allow precise definition of this identity, but some evidence is available,
particularly for headdress and the deformation associated with it.
Similarities in men’s headdress are found within the area Cieza identifies
as Qolla”. (Catherine Julien, 1983:42). “Head deformation Qolla type
was also practiced in Lupaca territory”. (C. Julien, 1983:43). Otros rasgos
de identidad, “North of Qolla territory, the different naciones wore
headbands of different sorts or hats of a style different from the Qolla
hat”. (C. Julien, 1983:44). Sin embargo debemos agregar, “The origin of
the identity evoked by the visual symbol of headdress is not clear.” (C.
Julien, 1983:44).
El Aymara fue el gran dominio lingüístico del area, “Aymara was
the language spoken over the largest area, by the largest number of
people until at least the 17th Century. (...). The distribution of Puquina
overslaps with the distribution of Aymara”. (C. Julien, 1983:46-47).
“Except for Puna, located in what is now southern Bolivia, the areas
where Puquina was spoken are near Lake Titicaca, particularly along
the north of the lake and the inland region behind it. This distribution
was noted by Reginaldo de Lizarrága, who reported that the majority
of the population of Omasuyu (...) were Puquinas or speakers of the
Puquina lenguage (...). The ecclesiastical document did not include
any parishes in the Lupaca province, though other sources indicate
that it was spoken in Juli (...). It was also said to have been spoken in
Chuquiabo”. (C. Julien, 1983:48).
La identificación lingüística en las áreas limítrofes, desde la región
de Camaná en el Sur del Perú, posiblemente coincide con las lenguas
que posiblemente se hablaron en la región de estudio, en comunicación
personal con Alfredo Torero (París, abril de 1993) al manifestarle la
homogeneidad arqueológica de Arica con el área identificada por él con
la lengua Puquina, reconoce la probabilidad de la lengua Puquina en la
región costera y valluna de Arica. Según Rostworoswki: “Para la región
del Colesuyu habría que investigar las variantes linguisticas existentes y
si había diferencias de idioma entre los Coles y los Camanchacas. Torero
(1970) sugiere para la zona sur, tanto en la costa como para la sierra la
presencia puquina”.(1987:131).