TY  - BOOK
AU  - Arriaza,Bernardo T.
TI  - Beyond death: the Chinchorro mummies of ancient Chile 
SN  - 1560985127 (alk. paper)
U1  - 393/.3/0983123 20
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Washington
PB  - Smithsonian Institution Press
KW  - Indians of South America
KW  - Funeral customs and rites
KW  - Chile
KW  - Arica (Dept.)
KW  - Anthropometry
KW  - Material culture
KW  - Mummies
KW  - Embalming
KW  - Arica (Chile : Dept.)
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - Chinchorro culture
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-173) and index
N2  - "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
ER  -