The exploitation of guano was one of the first important economic activities in Chile and Bolivia during the 19th century. Although its development was brief and less successful than the guano industry in neighbouring Peru, it laid the foundation of a state business system based on the granting of franchises to private companies, regulation of the maritime trade and modernisation of the extractive process to improve the exploitation of mineral resources. Caleta Robles, a guano production centre between 1862 and 1883, succeeded the exploitation of other guano deposits on the Mejillones peninsula coast from the 1840s. It represents a highly relevant coastal archaeological site illustrating the early development of the mining industry in the north of Chile. The preliminary results of the investigations conducted on this site have created an understanding of the spatial distribution of the different functional areas relating to the different phases of the production process and their adaptation to suit the peculiar topographical conditions of the site.

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鸟粪考古：1862–83 年在 Caleta Robles（智利梅希隆内）进行的调查的初步结果

鸟粪的开采是 19 世纪智利和玻利维亚最早的重要经济活动之一。尽管它的发展很短暂，而且不如邻国秘鲁的鸟粪业那么成功，但它奠定了基于向私营公司授予特许经营权、海上贸易监管和采掘过程现代化以改善开采的国家商业体系的基础。矿产资源。Caleta Robles 是 1862 年至 1883 年间的鸟粪生产中心，从 1840 年代开始在 Mejillones 半岛海岸成功开采其他鸟粪矿床。它代表了一个高度相关的沿海考古遗址，展示了智利北部采矿业的早期发展。