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Ancient DNA Analysis Suggests Negligible Impact of the Wari Empire Expansion in Peru's Central Coast during the Middle Horizon. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
The analysis of ancient human DNA from South America allows the exploration of pre-Columbian population history through time and to directly test hypotheses about cultural and demographic evolution.
Guido Valverde   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The genetic history of indigenous populations of the Peruvian and Bolivian Altiplano: the legacy of the Uros. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
The Altiplano region of the South American Andes is marked by an inhospitable climate to which the autochthonous human populations adapted and then developed great ancient civilizations, such as the Tiwanaku culture and the Inca Empire.
José Raul Sandoval   +10 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Compositional data supports decentralized model of production and circulation of artifacts in the pre-Columbian south-central Andes. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2017
ArticleThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from National Academy of Sciences via the DOI in this record.The circulation and exchange of goods and resources at various scales have long been considered central to the ...
Lazzari M   +5 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

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

Archaeology and autonomies: the legal framework of heritage management in a new Bolivia [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Valley to valley: the biological connection between prehispanic residents of Cochabamba, Bolivia, and Azapa, Chile [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
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
core   +1 more source

Conflict, Claim and Contradiction in the New Indigenous State of Bolivia [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +2 more sources

The Emergence of Complex Silver Metallurgy in the Americas: A Case Study from the Lake Titicaca Basin of Southern Peru [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
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
core   +1 more source

The Herder–Cultivator Relationship as a Paradigm for Archaeological Origins, Linguistic Dispersals, and the Evolution of Record-Keeping in the Andes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This chapter explores an alternative proposal for the linguistic impact of Wari expansion: that it could in fact have been two-fold, dispersing both Quechua and Aymara simultaneously.
Urton, Gary
core   +1 more source

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