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The two main Comechingón groups called themselves Henia (in the north) and Kamiare (in the south), each subdivided into a dozen or so tribes. The name comechingón is a deformation of the pejorative term kamichingan—"cave dwellers"—used by the Sanavirón tribe.
They were sedentary, practiced agriculture yet gathered wild fruits, and raised animals for wool, meat and eggs. Their culture was heavily influenced by that of the Andes.
Several aspects seem to differentiate the Henia-Kamiare from inhabitants of nearby areas. They had a rather Caucasian appearance, with beards and supposedly a minority with greenish eyes. Another distinctive aspect was their communal stone houses, half buried in the ground to endure the cold, wind and snow of the winter.
Their language was lost when Spanish politicies favoured Quechua. Nevertheless, they left a rich pictography and abstract petroglyphs.
A cultural contribution is the vowel extension in the Spanish of the present inhabitants of Córdoba, but also not uncommon in San Luis and other neighbouring provinces.
It is claimed that there are still six Comechingón families in Córdoba in the barrio Alto alberdi. Information is available from direction de cultura Córdoba.
Category:Indigenous peoples in Argentina Category:Córdoba Province (Argentina)
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