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Los antecedentes de las prospecciones del valle de Azapa (coordenadas UTM (datum WGS84) 795.600 E y 19.362.000 N; 795.0000 E y 19.378.000 N), ubicado en el norte de Chile, reconocen un patrón de asentamiento durante el periodo Formativo representado por conjuntos de túmulos que se distribuyen a lo largo del valle, construidos sobre terrazas y faldeos de cerros cercanos a los lugares de vertientes y humedales. Este estudio se basa en una prospección extensiva e intensiva con el propósito de determinar la ubicación de los túmulos, definir su distancia con los recursos de agua, medir el grado de ocupación del área de los complejos de túmulos y determinar el grado de visualización entre los distintos sectores de túmulos. La discusión de estos objetivos ha entregado una interesante información que se analizará bajo propuestas de la arqueología del paisaje. The survey records of the Azapa Valley (UTM coordinates (datum WGS84) 795.600 E y 19.362.000 N; 795.000 E y 19.378.000 N), located in the North of Chile, present a settlement pattern of burial mound complexes distributed along the valley's terraces and hill skirts near runoffs and wetlands during the Formative period. Because of this, we suggest that an ideological organization of incipient farmers existed, which was related with the burial rituals and the offering deposits made in the mound construction in the desert landscape. The burial mounds were visible from different sectors of the valley, built in huaca trails up to the Indigenous-Hispanic contact period. This research is based on an extensive and intensive prospection, with the purpose of determining the burial mounds location, defining the distance between the mounds and water resources, measuring the occupation history of the mound complex area, and determining the visibility degree between the different mound sectors. The discussion of these objectives has provided interesting information, which we will be analyzed with the new Landscape Archaeology theories.