Ancient Mystery Unveiled: Woman Found Buried in a Canoe 800 Years Ago – Exploring the Significance of This Extraordinary Burial and What It Reveals About Ancient Rituals and Beliefs
According to new research, as long as 800 years ago, mourners would bury a young woman in a ceremonial chapel to represent her final journey to the place of the dead in what is now Patagonia. According to the study's authors, the discovery refutes the theory that mahogany burials may have been used only after Spanish colonization and supports ethographic and historical evidence that they were practiced throughout pre-Hispanic South America. The first evidence of such burial was found in Argentina and Patagogue. In their paper published on the open access site PLOS ONE, the group describes their study of...
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