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Emissions from pre-Hispanic metallurgy in the South American atmosphere [PDF]

, 2014
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De Vleeschouwer, François, Le Roux, Gaël, Mauquoy, Dmitri, Piotrowska, Natalia, Roland, Thomas, Stein, Ariel, Torrejón, Fernando, Vanneste, Heleen   +7 more
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Paleogenomic insights into cooperation in the ancient Andes from positive selection on oxytocin pathway genes [PDF]

Genes 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, Wagman E, Diab N, Ryu N, Lee M, Haas R, Rilling J, Aldenderfer M, Lindo J.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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

International 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

Timerendering: reflections on chronopolitical praxis in Bolivia

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 788-806, September 2022., 2022
Abstract This article uses reflections on chronopolitical praxis during the period 2006‐19 in Bolivia in order to make a more general contribution to the anthropology of time and temporalities. The article proposes the theoretical concept of ‘timerendering’ in order to examine the ways in which time emerged as a pervasive register that mediated and ...
Mark Goodale
wiley   +1 more source

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

American 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, Jean‐François Millaire, Paul Szpak   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

American 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, Hugo Reyes‐Centeno, Michael Franken, Gerhard Hotz, Kurt Rademaker, Katerina Harvati   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

Am 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

Evaluating elbow osteoarthritis within the prehistoric Tiwanaku state using generalized estimating equations (GEE). [PDF]

, 2019
OBJECTIVES:Studies of osteoarthritis (OA) in human skeletal remains can come with scalar problems. If OA measurement is noted as present or absent in one joint, like the elbow, results may not identify specific articular pathology data and the sample ...
Bass W. M., Brothwell D. R., Buikstra J. E., Dieppe P., Felson D., Gagnon C. M., Gagnon C. M., Goldstein P. S., Goldstein P. S., Goodman A. H., Hunter D., Iscan M. Y., Janusek J. W., Jurmain R., Krogman W., Pearson O. M., Rogers J., Suchey J. M., Suchey J. M., Ubelaker D. H., Verano J., White T. D.   +21 more
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Archaeology and autonomies: the legal framework of heritage management in a new Bolivia [PDF]

, 2011
The 2009 Bolivian Constitution significantly changed the structure of the state and paved the way for the creation of regional, local, and even indigenous autonomies.
Dangl, Donna Yates, Gasparini, Kohl, Mamani Condori, Ponce Sanginés, Rivera Cusicanqui   +6 more
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Conflict, Claim and Contradiction in the New Indigenous State of Bolivia [PDF]

, 2012
Recent conflict between indigenous people and a self-styled indigenous state in Bolivia has brought to the fore some of the paradoxes and contradictions within the concept of indigeneity itself. The contemporary politics of state sponsored indigeneity in
Canessa, A
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