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Arriaza, Bernardo T.,

Cultura Chinchorro : las momias artificiales más antiguas del mundo / Bernardo Arriaza T. ; traducción de Marlene Oñate. - Edición electrónica. - 1 online resource : illustrations (some color) - Imagen de Chile . - Colección Imagen de Chile. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

"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. https://www.loc.gov/hlas

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Indians of South America--Funeral customs and rites--Chile--Arica (Department)
Indians of South America--Anthropometry--Chile--Arica (Department)
Indians of South America--Material culture--Chile--Arica (Department)
Mummies--Chile--Arica (Department)
Embalming--Chile--Arica (Department)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Arica (Chile : Department)--Antiquities.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: F3069.1.A74 ebook

Dewey Class. No.: 393.30983123