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Description

  • Foto Number: AND-535

Skull with a headband from an Atacameño grave of the Second Phase at the Quitor 6 site in the Atacama Desert. The grave contained only the skull, without the rest of the skeleton. Such ritual skull burials have not yet been recorded at any other site in South America. Museo San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. - Book: Picture 55 - Chile - 1976

  • Keywords:
    South America Chile Antofagasta San Pedro de Atacama Andes Southern Andes Pre-Inca Atacameña Archaeology momy Prehistoric Museo de San Pedro de Atacama, Chile head bone

Description

  • Foto Number: AND-535

Skull with a headband from an Atacameño grave of the Second Phase at the Quitor 6 site in the Atacama Desert. The grave contained only the skull, without the rest of the skeleton. Such ritual skull burials have not yet been recorded at any other site in South America. Museo San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. - Book: Picture 55 - Chile - 1976

  • Keywords:
    South America Chile Antofagasta San Pedro de Atacama Andes Southern Andes Pre-Inca Atacameña Archaeology momy Prehistoric Museo de San Pedro de Atacama, Chile head bone

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