August
25
/ 2022
An almost 900-year-old canoe burial of a 17–25-year-old Mapuche woman has been found by archaeologists in the Argentinian Patagonia region, near the current border of Chile and Argentina. The recent find is the earliest canoe burial in southern South America, and the southernmost example of this burial form on the South American continent. A study published in the PLOS One journal describes this significant Mapuche culture canoe burial, shedding new light on these people and their beliefs before the Spanish came. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"98734","attributes":{"alt":"The young woman was buried more than 800 years ago in a wampo, or ceremonial canoe, that researchers think symbolized a boat journey to the land of the dead. (Pérez et al., 2022, PLOS ONE / CC-BY 4.0)","class":"media-image","style":"width: 610px
