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The earliest canoe burial of a young woman, uncovered in Argentinian Patagonia, is also the most southern example in the Americas

08.24.22 | PLOS

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Detail of the disposition of the body of individual 3 from the paper.
Detail of the disposition of the body of individual 3 and its association with remains of wood, freshwater mollusks, red pigments and painted pottery. 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.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0272833

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

24-Aug-2022

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Additional Media

Mapuche burial, c. 1900 (in Chapanoff 2020: 14).
Mapuche burial, c. 1900 (in Chapanoff 2020: 14). The photograph shows a funeral ritual with a wampo beside the rewe. Credit: Pérez et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Keywords

Anthropology Archeology Social Sciences

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0272833
Article Publication Date
2022-08-24
Article Title
A pre-Hispanic canoe or Wampo burial in Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2022, August 24). The earliest canoe burial of a young woman, uncovered in Argentinian Patagonia, is also the most southern example in the Americas. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/86Z5O5M8/the-earliest-canoe-burial-of-a-young-woman-uncovered-in-argentinian-patagonia-is-also-the-most-southern-example-in-the-americas.html
MLA:
"The earliest canoe burial of a young woman, uncovered in Argentinian Patagonia, is also the most southern example in the Americas." Brightsurf News, Aug. 24 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/86Z5O5M8/the-earliest-canoe-burial-of-a-young-woman-uncovered-in-argentinian-patagonia-is-also-the-most-southern-example-in-the-americas.html.