It's interesting what a visceral reaction we have to this topic. Was there ever a culture that was completely indifferent to what happens to the bodies of their dead?
The worst thing is that they were actually pretty close to a safe location. "Unknown to the people on board, or the rescuers, the flight had crashed about 21 km (13 mi) from the former Hotel Termas el Sosneado, an abandoned resort and hot springs that might have provided limited shelter.[2]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571#Search_and_rescue
It's interesting what a visceral reaction we have to this topic. Was there ever a culture that was completely indifferent to what happens to the bodies of their dead?
We became human when we buried our dead with those trinkets they would have liked, or perhaps would need in the next imagined world.
The worst thing is that they were actually pretty close to a safe location. "Unknown to the people on board, or the rescuers, the flight had crashed about 21 km (13 mi) from the former Hotel Termas el Sosneado, an abandoned resort and hot springs that might have provided limited shelter.[2]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571#Search_and_rescue