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Tracing Human Diversity in South America's Southern Cone: Linguistic, Morphometric, and Genetic Perspectives. [PDF]

open access: yesAm J Biol Anthropol
ABSTRACT Objectives Studying the relationship between biological and cultural diversity can lead to rich insights into human history. South America has been relatively neglected in this kind of work, even though it intriguingly exhibits unexpectedly high biological and cultural diversity.
Menéndez LP, Urban M.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Paleogenomic insights into cooperation in the ancient Andes from positive selection on oxytocin pathway genes [PDF]

open access: yesGenes Brain Behav
The oxytocin system is an important modulator of social behavior that may be involved in the evolution of human cooperation, and expression of the CD38 and OXTR genes in the brain is known to affect oxytocin secretion and binding. The Andean highlands provide an excellent opportunity to evaluate the role of oxytocin in the evolution of cooperation ...
Joseph S   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Special issue adaptive tools for resilient bones: Biostatistical approaches to past physical activity in osteoarchaeology

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 381-388, May/June 2023., 2023
Abstract In this introduction to the special issue, Adaptive Tools for Resilient Bones: Biostatistical Approaches to Past Physical Activity in Osteoarchaeology, we discuss the outcome of the workshop held in Leiden (the Netherlands; November 18–19, 2021). We review statistical approaches to entheseal changes and present a series of new contributions to
Sarah A. Schrader, Jared Carballo Pérez
wiley   +1 more source

Migration and maize in the Virú Valley: Understanding life histories through multi‐tissue carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and strontium isotope analyses

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology, Volume 176, Issue 1, Page 21-35, September 2021., 2021
Abstract Objectives Stable isotope analysis can provide crucial insight into the function and development of early state‐level societies on the north coast of Peru. Materials and Methods Multi‐tissue (bone collagen, tooth enamel, hair, nail, skin, and tendon) stable isotope analyses (carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and strontium) were conducted for 13 ...
Corrie Hyland   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biocultural evidence of precise manual activities in an Early Holocene individual of the high‐altitude Peruvian Andes

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology, Volume 174, Issue 1, Page 35-48, January 2021., 2021
In Paleoindian individual 15‐06, a highly projecting muscle attachment site is correlated with high thumb opposition efficiency. Abstract Objectives Cuncaicha, a rockshelter site in the southern Peruvian Andes, has yielded archaeological evidence for human occupation at high elevation (4,480 masl) during the Terminal Pleistocene (12,500–11,200 cal BP),
Fotios Alexandros Karakostis   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capítulo 6. La Fase Chanca en la región de Andahuaylas (1000-1400 d. C.)

open access: yes, 2021
El periodo que corre entre la decadencia de los Estados del Horizonte Medio (wari y tiwanaku) y la expansión del imperio incaico —al que por lo general se conoce como el Periodo Intermedio Tardío (1000-1400 d.
Araoz Silva, Miriam   +2 more
core   +1 more source

From Rural to Urban: Archaeological Research in the Periphery of Huari, Ayacucho Valley, Peru

open access: yesJournal of Anthropology, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
For hundreds upon hundreds of years, humans lived in small settlements where most individuals, if not all, were linked by kinship ties. Many of these villages were occupied for generations and thus their occupants had a strong connection to the place.
Lidio M. Valdez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

BASES PARA EL CONOCIMIENTO DE LA PRESENCIA TIWANAKU EN EL VALLE DEL CAPLINA, TACNA

open access: yes, 2019
La presencia tiwanaku en el valle del Caplina es consecuencia del proceso de expansión de Tiwanaku (aprox. 800 – 900 d.C.). Este proceso logró cohesionar los pueblos del sur del Perú y norte de Chile actuales con la zona de Bolivia.
Vela Velarde, Carlos
core   +1 more source

10. La ocupación Tiwanaku en la bahía de Puno: Tradición metalúrgica

open access: yes, 2015
INTRODUCCIÓN En su proceso de expansión, los estados arcaicos se movilizan en primer lugar para controlar caminos y ubicaciones estratégicas. El resultado es un patrón discontinuo de dominación donde los recursos más críticos están controlados dentro de ...
Schultze, Carol A.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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