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CHAPTER 4
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Coal and Ancient Man: Cremation at the
Tschudi Burn, Chan Chan, Northern Peru
CHAPTER CONTENTS
4.1 Coal and Ancient Man
Introduction
Coal in Peru
Chan Chan
Metallurgical Furnace or
Crematorium
Temperature of the
Tschudi Burn
Calcium in the Soil
Sulfur in the Soil
Fuel Ash Chemistry
Oxide and Trace Element
Data
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C Date
Exterior of calcined cranial vault fragment from the coal-fueled Tschudi burn, Chan Chan,
northern Peru. Fracture pattern typical of bone that was fleshed when burned
Photo by Willian E. Brooks, 2006.
Cremation in Society
Fuel for Cremation
Cremation at the Tschudi
Burn
Discussion
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