The influence of tiwanaku on life in the chilean atacama: Mortuary and bodily perspectives

American Anthropologist

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-337

  Torres Rouff, Christina ^a  

^a University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioarchaeology; Culture contact; Mortuary analysis; San Pedro de Atacama; Tiwanaku

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849127801     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2008.00042.x     Document Type: Article

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