Beyond death
Subtitle: the Chinchorro mummies of ancient Chile
By: Bernardo T. Arriaza ; foreword by John W. Verano.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: 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.
First sentence: can someone point me out to an internet version of the book than the actual book itself?
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-173) and index.