Cultural continuity at Wallmapu: Refletions from mortuary archaeology during the last 2000 years

Abstract

It is proposed that there are elements of cultural continuity, beyond the material, between the populations that have inhabited the central south of
Chile and Norpatagonia in Argentina during the last 2000 years. In order to
integrate and link symbolic aspects of archaeological record, the Chezungun
linguistic area is taken as a reference. From a bioanthropological point of view, the wide mortuary variability from the Early Ceramic Period to the historical period is analyzed.