Kopolque

Kopolque is associated with a Tehuelche community in the dry interior of northern Santa Cruz. Across the Patagonian steppe, Tehuelche groups hunted guanaco and travelled between places that offered water and pasture. The adoption of the horse altered the scale of these journeys: routes running north and south became more important, joining distant groups in networks of exchange. Knowledge of a vast and sparsely watered country remained essential to movement through it.