Crematorios, cremaciones y ritos precolombinos
Subtitle: arqueología de la muerte en Catuna y Llanos de La Rioja, Argentina
By: Sergio Eduardo Martín
Contributors: Universidad Nacional de La Rioja. Museo de Ciencias Naturales; Tello Roldán, Enrique D.N., (Enrique Daniel Nicolás), 1946-
Edition: 1a ed.
Publisher: Universidad Nacional de La Rioja, Museo de Ciencias Naturales
Published: 2006
Place of publication: La Rioja, Argentina
Language: spa
Number of pages: 98
ISBN-13: 9789872135089
Subjects: Ancient Funeral rites and ceremonies; Crematoriums; Indians of South America; Antiquities; Funeral rites and ceremonies
Other titles: Cremaciones, crematorios y ritos precolombinos
Description: The book documents the important archaeological discovery and identification of the baked mud structures used thousand years ago as crematoriums of human remains for moratorium rituals in the rural zone of Los Llanos in the province of La Rioja, Argentina. The author, who led the archaeological research team, confirms "the sites contain from 6 to 300 structures, dissembled and disseminated all over the mud zones."
Notes: At head of title: Universidad Nacional de La Rioja, Museo de Ciencias Naturales.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-98) and index.