On Friday 9^th October we were treated to the second instalment of the departmental research seminar series here in archaeology. Continuing the funerary theme of last week, Dr. Leticia Cortés from CONICET-U/ Buenos Aires delivered a presentation on her PhD research topic: “Landscape, bodies and historical trajectories: funerary practices of the southern Cajón Valley (North-western Argentina, 6000-1300 BP).  The sites studied in the presentation were two villages, Cardonal and Bordo Marcial, dated to circa 2000BP. Burials in the area are found in tombs and cemeteries that span from 6000BP to 1300BP. The burials pre- and post-date the settlement occupations, but there are contemporary internments also.

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