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Life and death at Paloma : society and mortuary practices in a preceramic Peruvian village

by Jeffrey Quilter, Bernardino Ojeda E., Robert A. Benfer

This book analyses the graves and burial contents of the preagricultural village of Paloma, Peru, tracing the transition from hunter-gatherer to sedentary horticultural societies. It offers a detailed study of early social organisation and mortuary practices.

Accession 18860 ISBN 087745194X Publisher University of Iowa Press
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