Cultura Chinchorro : las momias artificiales más antiguas del mundo

Cultura Chinchorro las momias artificiales más antiguas del mundo

"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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Arriaza, Bernardo T., author (author), Oñate, Marlene, translator (translator), Arriaza, Bernardo T. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Castellano
Publicado: Santiago de Chile : Editorial Universitaria [2016]
Edición:Edición electrónica
Colección:Colección Imagen de Chile.
Materias:
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)
Arica (Chile : Department) > Antiquities.
Libros electrónicos.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009693102506719
Descripción
Sumario:"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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789561127111

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