Bernardo ArriazaFelipe Cárdenas-ArroyoE KleissJohn W. Verano2026-03-222026-03-22199810.1017/cbo9781139878340.014https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139878340.014https://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/80359Citaciones: 15Many scholars have emphasized that the preceramic Chinchorro fishers of southern Peru and northern Chile had the oldest system of artificial mummification in the world (Bittmann and Munizaga 1976; Allison et al. 1984; Arriaza 1995a). Although this is interesting, the anthropological significance of the Chinchorro society and its mummies has greater relevance.enDiseaseGeographybook-chapter