This article presents a synthesis of regional archaeological investigations in the city and region of Valdivia during the colonial period (1550–1820). Previous studies have traditionally been centered on Hispanic mindsets and the role of conflict, the frontier status of colonial society in southern Chile, and the dispersed character of indigenous settlement. Here local sequences of material culture are reconsidered together with previous conceptual frameworks proposed by historical and anthropological research. Our research is based on new field surveys, the study of standing buildings, and assemblages of finds. These have been linked to different types of sites, including urban centers, fortifications, and mission posts. The results allow us to investigate the intercultural character of local society, settlement patterns, and the role of Valdivia in the context of the Chilean viceroyalty and the Spanish Empire as a whole. Conclusions reveal the specific colonial processes that characterized the region and the sequence of founding, abandonment, and refounding of the urban center of Valdivia, which, in turn, impacted patterns of indigenous settlement and provoked technological hybridization in local ceramic industries. These changes can be linked to the emergence of an intercultural society, the definition of which proves more complex than that accepted by current binary categories.

本文介绍了殖民时期（1550至1820年）在瓦尔迪维亚市和瓦尔迪维亚地区进行的区域考古调查的综述。传统上，以前的研究集中在西班牙裔的思维方式和冲突的作用，智利南部殖民社会的前沿地位以及土著居民定居点的分散特征上。在这里，物质文化的局部序列与历史和人类学研究提出的先前的概念框架一起被重新考虑。我们的研究基于新的现场调查，对立式建筑物的研究以及发现的组合。这些已链接到不同类型的站点，包括城市中心，要塞和特派团哨所。结果使我们能够调查当地社会的跨文化特征，定居模式，以及瓦尔迪维亚在智利总督权和整个西班牙帝国的背景下所扮演的角色。结论揭示了特定的殖民进程，这些殖民进程表征了该地区的特征以及瓦尔迪维亚城市中心的建立，放弃和重建的顺序，进而影响了土著居民的居住方式并引发了当地陶瓷产业的技术杂交。这些变化可以与跨文化社会的出现联系起来，跨文化社会的定义比目前的二元分类所接受的定义更为复杂。影响了土著居民定居的方式，并在当地陶瓷工业中引发了技术杂交。这些变化可以与跨文化社会的出现联系起来，跨文化社会的定义比目前的二元分类所接受的定义更为复杂。影响了土著居民定居的方式，并在当地陶瓷工业中引发了技术杂交。这些变化可以与跨文化社会的出现联系起来，跨文化社会的定义比目前的二元分类所接受的定义更为复杂。