Beyond death : the Chinchorro mummies of ancient Chile /
"Comprehensive study of 282 examples permits classification, description, and interpretation of mummification techniques and of details of health, diet, technology, settlement, and society between 5000 and 1700 BC. Argues that mummification was invented in Arica-Camerones region to insure conti...
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| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington :
Smithsonian Institution Press,
©1995.
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| Summary: | "Comprehensive study of 282 examples permits classification, description, and interpretation of mummification techniques and of details of health, diet, technology, settlement, and society between 5000 and 1700 BC. Argues that mummification was invented in Arica-Camerones region to insure continuity of life in the context of environmental uncertainty"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 176 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-173) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1560985127 9781560985129 |