BEYOND DEATH: The Chinchorro Mummies of Ancient Chile

Name: BEYOND DEATH: The Chinchorro Mummies of Ancient Chile
Brand: Smithsonian Books
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hardcover – December 31, 1995

by Bernardo T. Arriaza

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ISBN-13: 9781560985129 ISBN-10: 1560985127

Publisher

Smithsonian Books

Binding

hardcover

Published

December 31, 1995

Weight

1.3 lbs

Dimensions

26.70×1.90×18.40 cm

About this book

BEYOND DEATH: The Chinchorro Mummies of Ancient Chile by Bernardo T. Arriaza. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781560985129.

"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 uncertain.