The Chinchorro culture of South America was a preceramic culture that lasted from 9,100 to 3,500 years BP (7,000 to 1,500 BCE). The people forming the Chinchorro culture were sedentary fishermen inhabiting the Pacific coastal region of current northern Chile and southern Peru .

2022年4月1日 · “There's nothing that's supposed to be fancy about a chinchorro,” says Stephen Santiago, a Puerto Rican native and culinary host with local walking tour company, Flavors Food Tours—San Juan ...

The Chinchorro mummies are mummified remains of individuals from the South American Chinchorro culture, found in what is now northern Chile. They are the oldest examples of artificially mummified human remains, having been buried up to two thousand years before the Egyptian mummies.

A chinchorro is a casual roadside eatery that’s as much about the atmosphere as it is about the food. These places are where locals gather to enjoy hearty meals like lechón (roast pork), mofongo (fried plantain mash), bacalaítos (cod fritters), and fried seafood.

2017年3月8日 · Chinchorro Culture (or Chinchorro Tradition or Complex) is what archaeologists call the archaeological remains of the sedentary fishing people of the arid coastal regions of northern Chile and southern Peru including the Atacama Desert. The Chinchorro are most famous for their detailed mummification practice that lasted for several thousand ...

For many Puerto Ricans, chinchorreo is a way of life—a joyous tradition of hopping from one roadside chinchorro to another to enjoy food, drinks, music, and laughter with friends and family. While it’s a pastime cherished across the island, few may know the deeper history behind this beloved custom.

2021年7月29日 · The Chinchorro mummies have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. (Servicio Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural) The Chinchorro People. The Chinchorros were a people who inhabited the coast of the Atacama Desert in what’s now northern Chile and southern Peru between 7000 and 1500 BC.

The Chinchorro innovated continuously in their artificial mummification practices, revealing technical ability by dismembering and reassembling bodies to create artificial mummies possessing extraordinary material, sculptural, and aesthetic qualities.

2021年10月25日 · The Chinchorro first began to mummify their dead some 7,000 years ago—well before the ancient Egyptians. Now, climate change threatens their resting place in Chile’s Atacama Desert.

The Chinchorro were marine hunter-gatherers who lived in these coastal areas of the arid Atacama Desert from 7,400 BP to 2,840 BP. They are known for their advanced mummification practices, and the oldest known artificially mummified human bodies have been found here.