SUGERENCIAS DESDE UN CONTEXTO FUNERARIO EN UN "ESPACIO VACíO" DEL DESIERTO DE ATACAMA

a case study is presented of a funerary context situated in the pampas near the current maria elena nitrate mine offices, in northern chile. a multidisciplinary analysis, which includes bioanthropological, textile and zooarchaeological research, and studies of nearby routes and their associated ams dates, provides new interpretations and understandings of former assumptions regarding regional traffic.