Thursday, August 25, 2022

The earliest canoe burial of a young woman, uncovered in Argentinian Patagonia

 

It is also the most southern example in the Americas


Detail of the disposition of the body of individual 3 from the paper. 

IMAGE: DETAIL OF THE DISPOSITION OF THE BODY OF INDIVIDUAL 3 AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH REMAINS OF WOOD, FRESHWATER MOLLUSKS, RED PIGMENTS AND PAINTED POTTERY. view more 

CREDIT: PÉREZ ET AL., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (HTTPS://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/LICENSES/BY/4.0/)

Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0272833

Article Title: A pre-Hispanic canoe or Wampo burial in Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina

Author Countries: Chile, Argentina

Funding: The works at the Newen Antug site were carried out and financed by the Secretariat of Planning and Sustainable Development of the Municipality of San Martín de los Andes and the Honorable Legislature of the Province of Neuquén, through the efforts of Deputy Guillermo Carnagui and Vice Governor Rolando Figueroa. It was also supported by grants PICT 2011-1738 (ANPCyT), PI04-173 (UNCo) and PICT V 2014-1558 (ANPCyT) from the Argentine Republic, and by FONDECYT Regular 1200251 from the Republic of Chile. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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