Tiwanaku deposits of offerings on the island of Pariti, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia [PDF]
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Korpisaari, Antti +3 more
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Valley to valley: the biological connection between prehispanic residents of Cochabamba, Bolivia, and Azapa, Chile [PDF]
One of the most interesting problems facing the interpretation of south central Andean prehistory is to de- cipher the genetic relationships among ancient groups that inhabited this region. This study evaluates the biological relationships between the
Cocilovo, Jose Alberto +2 more
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The Emergence of Complex Silver Metallurgy in the Americas: A Case Study from the Lake Titicaca Basin of Southern Peru [PDF]
This paper discusses the emergence of silver metallurgy some two millennia ago in the south central Andes. It is argued that the availability of multiple abundant resources and a high population density were instrumental in the development of this ...
Huff, JA +3 more
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Armando el Rompecabezas en San Pedro de Atacama: El Sitio Coyo Oriental y la Cuestión de los Sectores del Padre Le Paige desde la Antropología Biológica [PDF]
Se analiza la diferencia fenotípica entre sectores del ayllu de Coyo Oriental de la población agroalfarera de San Pedro de Atacama. La muestra está constituida por 158 individuos correspondientes al Período Medio.
Cocilovo, José +2 more
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From Rural to Urban: Archaeological Research in the Periphery of Huari, Ayacucho Valley, Peru
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
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PROCESAMIENTO DE METALES DURANTE EL HORIZONTE MEDIO EN EL ALTIPLANO SURANDINO (ESCARAMAYU, PULACAYO, POTOSÍ, BOLIVIA) [PDF]
In this article we present and analyze the results obtained to date in the metallurgical sector of site Pulac 050 (Escaramayu, Pulacayo, Bolivia). Thus far the studies conducted in this sector present evidence of a complex of four metallurgical furnaces ...
Carter, Sidney +3 more
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Nothing Lasts Forever: Environmental Discourses on the Collapse of Past Societies [PDF]
The study of the collapse of past societies raises many questions for the theory and practice of archaeology. Interest in collapse extends as well into the natural sciences and environmental and sustainability policy.
A Anderson +410 more
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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
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Cultural Responses to Climate Change in the Holocene [PDF]
Variable Holocene climate conditions have caused cultures to thrive, adapt or fail. The invention of agriculture and the domestication of plants and animals allowed sedentary societies to develop and are the result of the climate becoming warmer after ...
Prentice, Richard
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Contextual, Taphonomic, and Paleoecological Insights from Anurans on Tiwanaku Sites in Southern Peru
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
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