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Tiwanaku orthomosaic based on 1930s aerial photographs
, 2023 Georeferenced orthomosasic of aerial photographs of Tiwanaku taken in the ...
Erik Marsh
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Tracing Human Diversity in South America's Southern Cone: Linguistic, Morphometric, and Genetic Perspectives. [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolABSTRACT 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.
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Paleogenomic insights into cooperation in the ancient Andes from positive selection on oxytocin pathway genes [PDF]
Genes Brain BehavThe 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
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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
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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 +2 more
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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 +5 more
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Tiwanaku: entre el cielo y la tierra [PDF]
, 2018 Este trabajo es fruto del proyecto UNESCO de “Conservación y preservación de Tiwanaku y la pirámide de Akapana”, financiado por el Fondo Fiduciario Japonés, y con la participación de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Pérez González, M. Eugenia +1 more
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Labor and the Rise of the Tiwanaku State (AD 500-1100): A Bioarchaeological Study of Activity Patterns [PDF]
, 2013 This dissertation focused on understanding labor during the development of Tiwanaku (AD 500-1100), one of the earliest Andean states. Prior archaeological research (Kolata 1991, 1993a, b; Stanish 1994, 2003) argued that Tiwanaku labor was centralized ...
Becker, Sara K.
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From Rural to Urban: Archaeological Research in the Periphery of Huari, Ayacucho Valley, Peru
Journal 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
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Maintaining Homeland Identities in a Tiwanaku Colony (A.D. 600-1100): Archaeobotanical Findings from the Tiwanaku Site of Cerro San Antonio in the Locumba Valley, Perú [PDF]
, 2020 This thesis explores how food remains provide insight into ancient culinary and agrarian practices and how these food-related practices reflect ancient identities and migration histories.
Garvin, Arianna Christina
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