Chachapoya mortuary behavior: A consideration of method and meaning

Chungara

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 477-495

  Nystrom, Kenneth C ^a   Buikstra, Jane E ^b   Muscutt, Keith ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chachapoya; Inca; Mummification

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957771130     PISSN: 07161182     EISSN: 07177356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-73562010000200010     Document Type: Article

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