Beyond death :
Arriaza, Bernardo T.
Beyond death : the Chinchorro mummies of ancient Chile / Bernardo T. Arriaza ; foreword by John W. Verano. - Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. - xv, 176 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. - 393/.3/0983123 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-173) and index.
"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. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/
1560985127 (alk. paper)
Indians of South America--Funeral customs and rites--Chile--Arica (Dept.)
Indians of South America--Anthropometry--Chile--Arica (Dept.)
Indians of South America--Material culture--Chile--Arica (Dept.)
Mummies--Chile--Arica (Dept.)
Embalming--Chile--Arica (Dept.)
Arica (Chile : Dept.)--Antiquities.
Chinchorro culture.
393/.3/0983123
Beyond death : the Chinchorro mummies of ancient Chile / Bernardo T. Arriaza ; foreword by John W. Verano. - Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. - xv, 176 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. - 393/.3/0983123 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-173) and index.
"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. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/
1560985127 (alk. paper)
Indians of South America--Funeral customs and rites--Chile--Arica (Dept.)
Indians of South America--Anthropometry--Chile--Arica (Dept.)
Indians of South America--Material culture--Chile--Arica (Dept.)
Mummies--Chile--Arica (Dept.)
Embalming--Chile--Arica (Dept.)
Arica (Chile : Dept.)--Antiquities.
Chinchorro culture.
393/.3/0983123