there are thought to be thousands of mummies still in these hills and evidence of the chinchorro is scattered all around the area. behind the scenes of the san miguel de azapa museum, the careful study and preservation of the majority of the chinchorro mummies takes place. there s so many mummies here, vivien! how many? yes, we have about 70 mummies, chinchorro mummies, in this store. let me show you a chinchorro mummy. it s quite small. what can you tell me about this mummy?
when you were a child? there are thought to be thousands of mummies still in these hills and evidence of the chinchorro is scattered all around the area.
and evidence of the chinchorro is scattered all around the area. behind the scenes of the san miguel de azapa museum, the careful study and preservation of the majority of the chinchorro mummies takes place. there s so many mummies here, vivien! how many? yes, we have about 70 mummies, chinchorro mummies, in this store. let me show you a chinchorro mummy. it s quite small. what can you tell me about this mummy?
protect the area, especially the water. protect the area, especially the water- the water. recognition is beginning the water. recognition is beginning to the water. recognition is beginning to take - the water. recognition is beginning to take shape. j the water. recognition is - beginning to take shape. some tourist sites, like the geysers, are now comanaged by the indigenous community, allowing them to take an active role in their changing world. but the atacamenos were not the first indigenous people to call chile home. i left rosa and headed further up the coast to arica. between 7000 and 1500 bc, the hunter gatherer ginger opeople lived here and developed complex mummification practices which have a standard 21st century researchers chinchorro. last year chinchorro. last year chinchorro culture was officially recognised by unesco, who placed it on the world heritage list. but despite this, the chinchorro still have not entirely caught the public s imagination. the