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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

3D SURVEY AND DATA PROCESSING OF BOLIVIAN ARCHAEOLOGY: THE RITUAL RECEPTACLE FROM TIWANAKU [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2023
The archaeological site of Tiwanaku is among the most important examples of Bolivian archaeology and UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000. This works reports a geomatic-based surveying and modelling methodology applied to a ritual receptacle excavated ...
A. Forte, G. Orefici, G. Bitelli
doaj   +1 more source

Paleoepidemiologia dos traumatismos cotidianos em Solcor 3, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile: riscos diferenciados no período Tiwanaku?

open access: yesAntropologia Portuguesa, 2004
O estudo paleopatológico dos traumatismos agudos em ossos humanos pré-históricos do cemitério Solcor 3, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, permitiu discutir a hipótese de aumento do esforço físico, durante o período de aquecimento econômico, associado à ...
Andrea Lessa, Sheila Mendonça de Souza
doaj   +1 more source

Acerca de la cerámica Tiwanaku y una vasija del valle de Azapa (Arica, Norte Grande de Chile)

open access: yesEstudios Atacameños, 2004
La intención de este artículo ha sido contribuir a la comprensión de la problemática Tiwanaku en Arica, usando como "excusa" el redescubrimiento de una vasija excepcional, proveniente del sitio funerario Az-71a del valle de Azapa excavado por G. Focacci.
Mauricio Iván Uribe Rodríguez
doaj   +10 more sources

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

Arthur Posnansky, the Czar of Tiwanaku Archaeology

open access: yesBulletin of the History of Archaeology, 2019
Arthur Posnansky was the illustrious pioneer of Tiwanaku archaeology, remembered as a quixotic, flamboyant, and swashbuckling character. He was a naval officer, a businessman, and a scholar. He dedicated nearly fifty years of his life to the study of the
Erik J. Marsh
doaj   +1 more source

Institutionalised Indigeneity, State Formation and Crisis: Lessons From the Indio Institucionalizado in Evo Morales' Bolivia

open access: yesBulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 45, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the institutionalisation of indigeneity in Bolivia under the governments of Evo Morales (2006–2019) as a central component of the MAS project of crafting state hegemony. We trace the emergence of what we call the indio institucionalizado from the social mobilisations of the 1990s and 2000s through the Constitutional ...
Aiko Ikemura Amaral, Angus McNelly
wiley   +1 more source

Anthropological, Pathological, and Historical Analyses of a Mummified Cranium From Bolivia Hosted in the Museum of Cantonal Archaeology and History of Lausanne, Switzerland

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 35, Issue 5, Page 365-374, September/October 2025.
ABSTRACT The past decade has seen a worldwide tendency to re‐examine human remains found in old museum collections. These studies look at the provenance of the remains, the way they ended up in specific collections, the context from which they are likely issued, and all the parameters implicated in their current presence in museum custody.
Abegg Claudine   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influencia de Tiwanaku en la calidad de vida biológica de la población prehistórica de San Pedro de Atacama

open access: yesEstudios Atacameños
Se examinan cuatro momentos de la prehistoria de San Pedro de Atacama, con el objeto de calificar el impacto de la influencia Tiwanaku en una población local. Fueron realizados estudios osteobiográficos en 161 individuos de los cementerios Solcor-3, Coyo-
Maria Antonietta Costa J   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contextual, Taphonomic, and Paleoecological Insights from Anurans on Tiwanaku Sites in Southern Peru

open access: yesQuaternary, 2022
We examine the processes that resulted in the deposition of bones of at least three anuran genera on four archaeological sites associated with the Tiwanaku culture occupied between 700–1100 CE in the Moquegua Valley of far southern Peru.
Juliana Rubinatto Serrano   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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