The route of Orion: Towards a deconstructive history of alien contact in Chile.

In this paper, I analyze a Chilean mining geoanalyst's narrative about large unrecognized geoglyphs he has charted in the Atacama Desert. The turns of this narrative take us through the Ancient Aliens hypothesis, but also an alterative pre-Inca migration route between the Atlantic and the Pacific th...

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Publicado en:History & Anthropology Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 189 - 215
Autor principal: Espírito Santo, Diana
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr2024
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