Fisque Menuco

Fisque Menuco is a Mapuche place-name associated with the upper valley of the Río Negro, east of the Andes. The river crosses an otherwise dry landscape, connecting the valley with wider routes through northern Patagonia.

The region formed part of Puelmapu, the lands east of the Andes linked to Mapuche-speaking communities. Movement and exchange crossed the mountains, although the timing and character of settlement varied across the region. By the eighteenth century, livestock and silver ornaments formed part of wider networks of exchange among Indigenous communities and their neighbours.