The Chinchorro, their Mummies, and Monte Verde

About this episode

This episode discusses the Monte Verde site in Chile and the mummification practices of the Chinchorro people in the Atacama Desert.

This week's episode we discuss the site of Monte Verde in southern Chile and some recent controversy surrounding the site's dating. We also talk about the brutal Atacama Desert and how this environment led the fishers moving through the region to develop several forms of mummification throughout their long history in the region. For this season that covers natural mummification as well as the black mummy method. The Science article about Monte Verde in Chile: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw9217?utm_campaign=ScienceMagazine&utm_medium=ownedSocial&utm_source=twitter Twitter/X: https://x.com/WarAdRevPod YouTube: https://youtu.be/_bvrhkJ2ql0

People in this episode

Host: Thomas Preston Floyd

Topics covered

• mummification
• archaeology
• Monte Verde
• Atacama Desert
• Chilean history
• natural mummification

Keywords

• Chinchorro
• mummies
• Monte Verde
• Atacama Desert
• mummification
• archaeology
• Chile

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Science

Places: Monte Verde, southern Chile, Atacama Desert

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