AI Article Synopsis
- - A Chinchorro adult mole discovered in Playa Miller 8, Arica, Chile, exhibited severe osteo-arthropathy, indicating significant joint disease.
- - The condition suggests that the individual's social group provided care, allowing them to survive despite their health struggles.
- - After death, the body was treated with red color, hinting at unique social care practices and self-care dynamics within the Chinchorro society.
Article Abstract
We report a severe osteo-arthropathy in a body of a Chinchorro adult mole exhumed from the pre-Hispanic site of Playa Miller 8, located in the city of Arica, on the northern coast of Chile. The advanced state of joint disease shows that the individual was cared by his social group, to be able to survive. This care was perpetuated in the postmortem treatment, applying red color to the body. Particular self-care social dynamics of Chinchorro society are inferred.
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