Human corpse manipulation and the body as symbol: A case study from the Eastern Pampa-Patagonia transition (Argentina) during the Final Late Holocene

► Mortuary practices of the Pampas and North-Eastern Patagonia, Argentina, during the Late Holocene. ► Human body manipulation and secondary burials. ► The body is seen as material culture, as a symbol. ► Handling of bodies is part of a worldview that played an important role in hunter-gatherers identity.