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Unraveling Island Economies through Organic Residue Analysis: The Case of Mocha Island (Southern Chile) Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Javier A. Montalvo-Cabrera, André C. Colonese, Roberto Campbell, Helen M. Talbot, Alexandre Lucquin, Marjolein Admiraal, Gabriela Palma, Oliver E. Craig
Biophysical conditions played a fundamental role in early human colonization of insular territories, particularly in food-producing societies dealing with limited resources and the challenges of maintaining a sustainable carrying capacity. Studies on past human colonization of small oceanic islands thus offer insights into economic plasticity, ecological impacts, and adaptation of early food-producing
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Estrategias de aprovisionamiento de otáridos en la margen meridional de Tierra del Fuego durante el Holoceno Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 María Paz Martinoli, Atilio F. Zangrando
Resumen Los otáridos fueron recursos críticos para muchas sociedades costeras de Sudamérica. Se han propuesto diferentes estrategias para la explotación de esta presa, que parten principalmente de considerar parámetros ecológicos sobre su distribución y comportamiento y que pueden ser examinados según la especie, la edad y el sexo de los especímenes identificados en el registro arqueológico. En este
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A Chronological Model for Inca Provincial Expansion: The Case of the Copiapo Valley Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Francisco Garrido
This article examines a new dataset of radiocarbon dates that provides insights into the progressive installation of Inca infrastructure in the Copiapo Valley, situated at the southern edge of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. It shows that the Inca imperial expansion in this region was not a linear process and was likely shaped by local negotiations and conflicts. The findings describe three main
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Explorando la desigualdad social y sexual en contextos urbanos coloniales a través de la enfermedad degenerativa articular: El caso de Mendoza (Argentina) Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 P. Sebastián Giannotti, Horacio D. Chiavazza, Leandro H. Luna
Resumen La organización social de las colonias españolas en América se caracterizó por la desigualdad, configurando estilos de vida disímiles dependiendo de la casta y estamento de pertenencia. Las investigaciones desarrolladas desde una perspectiva paleopatológica en la ciudad colonial de Mendoza (siglos dieciséis al diecinueve), ubicada en el centro-oeste del actual territorio argentino, permitió
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Obsidian Procurement and Exchange at the Apogee of Empire: Wari Political Economy in Arequipa, Peru Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 David A. Reid, Patrick Ryan Williams, Augusto Cardona Rosas, Robin Coleman Goldstein, Laure Dussubieux, Cyrus Banikazemi, Kurt Rademaker
During the Middle Horizon (AD 600–1000), obsidian was transported in greater quantities and distances than ever before identified in the Andes, in part by the expansionary Wari state. Two of the three major obsidian sources used in the south-central Andes are located in the modern department of Arequipa, Peru. Arequipa was a region of intense Wari influence and intrusive presence; however, little is
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Astronomy, Architecture, and Landscape in the Olmec Area and Western Maya Lowlands: Implications for Understanding Regional Variability and Evolution of Orientation Patterns in Mesoamerica Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Ivan Šprajc, Takeshi Inomata
In the area along the southern Gulf Coast in Mexico, a large number of previously unrecorded archaeological sites have recently been detected with the aid of lidar data, which also allowed us to determine the orientations of hundreds of structures and architectural assemblages, including many standardized complexes dated to the Early-to-Middle Formative transition. As revealed by our analyses, most
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A New Naming Convention for Andean Khipus Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Carrie J. Brezine, Jon Clindaniel, Ivan Ghezzi, Sabine Hyland, Manuel Medrano
Since the 1970s, hundreds of khipus—Andean knotted-string recording devices—have been named after academic researchers. This practice disassociates individual khipus from their places of origin and reifies scientific inequity. Here, a new convention of the form KH#### (e.g., KH0125) is proposed, which we believe represents a more neutral, direct, and accurate nomenclature. The change is implemented
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Drunken Mountains: Analysis of the Bennett and Ponce Monoliths of Tiwanaku (AD 500–1100) from a Multispecies Perspective Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Juan Villanueva Criales
Archaeological research on the architecture and sculpture of Tiwanaku society in the south-central Andes follows two separate paths: one emphasizes iconographic interpretation, whereas the other studies lithic materials’ origin and spatial relations. This separation, stemming from dualistic modern thought, is an obstacle to a comprehensive understanding of lithic sculptures and their role in Tiwanaku
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New Data on the External Canal at the Tetzcotzinco Site, Mexico Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Daniel Prusaczyk, Stanisław Rzeźnik, Marcin Kulesza, Karolina Juszczyk
This report presents new documentation of the external canal in the Late Postclassic site of Tetzcotzinco in the municipality of Texcoco, Mexico. This structure was previously considered a waterwork separate from the monumental water-management system discovered in the central part of the site. However, reanalysis of the course of this canal allowed us to reassess its function and revise the existing
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Community, Place, and Identity in Middle Formative Coastal Ecuador: Human Burials at Salango, a Machalilla Phase Fishing Village Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Richard M. Lunniss, Douglas H. Ubelaker
Thirty-one individuals buried at Salango, a Machalilla phase fishing village, constitute the only significant Middle Formative funerary assemblage so far recovered for the coast of Ecuador. Our description and discussion of the burials in the context of the nature, location, and history of the settlement and a comparison with preceding coastal Valdivia and contemporary highland Cotocollao funerary
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Bioarchaeological Evidence of Violence between the Middle and Late Formative (500–400 BC) in the Peruvian North-Central Coast Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Luis Pezo-Lanfranco, María Inés Barreto Romero, José Filippini, Aldemar Crispín, Marco Machacuay, Pedro Novoa, Ruth Shady
In this study, we address interpersonal violence during the transition between the Middle and the Late Formative periods in the Central Andes, a critical period of political disintegration, hypothesized population pressure, and reorganization of the belief systems that is poorly known from a bioarchaeological viewpoint. Our objective is to understand the nature of the violence and associated factors
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Cazadores-recolectores-pescadores del Holoceno medio-tardío en el norte semiárido de Chile: Revisitando Punta Teatinos (29°S) Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Andrés Troncoso, Daniel Pascual, Antonia Escudero, Daniel Hernández, Mariela Pino, Rolando González, Marta Alfonso-Durruty, Patricio López, Gabriela Bravo, Nicole Misarti, María Alejandra Chávez, Carolina Belmar, Francisca Moya, César Méndez, Francisca Vera, Daniela Villalón, Cristian Becker
Resumen La costa del Pacífico de los Andes meridionales tiene una larga historia ocupacional que muestra una diversificación regional hacia el Holoceno medio y tardío. La costa del centro norte de Chile tuvo una importante ocupación cazadora-recolectora entre 6000 y 2000 cal aP, que difiere de las observadas en áreas vecinas por sus características ambientales e históricas. Los estudios de contextos
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Marcadores metabólico-nutricionales e infecciosos en la Misión Salesiana “Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria”, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (siglos diecinueve y veinte) Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Pamela García Laborde, Manuel Domingo D'Angelo del Campo, Luciano Óscar Valenzuela, Mónica Cira Salemme, Ricardo Aníbal Guichón
Resumen El estudio de la Misión Salesiana (siglos diecinueve y veinte) contribuye al conocimiento del impacto que las misiones religiosas tuvieron en América. Los registros históricos sugieren un cambio en la dieta, hacinamiento y alta frecuencia de enfermedades pulmonares infecciosas, como la tuberculosis. Muchos problemas de salud surgen de desequilibrios dietarios. La insuficiencia nutricional crónica
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The Archaeological Site of Tumshukayko (Peru): A Preliminary Report Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Carolina Orsini, Elisa Benozzi, Paolo Rossi, José S. Querevalú Ulloa
In 2021, an Italian-Peruvian archaeological team began a research project in the Ancash Sierra to investigate the origins of early monumental architecture in the northern-central Andes. The large complex of Tumshukayko—located in the northern part of the town of Caraz in Ancash, Peru—was immediately found to be the most suitable site for this project. This report presents an initial description of
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Astronomical Alignments from Structures Surrounding Giant Animal Effigy Mounds at El Paraiso, Peru Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Bernardino Ojeda, Andrés Ocas Quispe, Robert A. Benfer
We previously reported astronomical alignments with the principal temple of the archaeological site of El Paraiso in coastal Peru. Here we describe a new investigation of nine small platform mounds associated with the two giant animal effigy mounds at the site. A total station map of the site permits possible astronomical alignments to be measured directly from the AutoCAD map by Pixelstick or AutoCAD
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Homeland Food Traditions in the Tiwanaku Colonies: Quinoa and Amaranthaceae Cultivation in the Middle Horizon (AD 600–1100) Locumba Valley, Peru Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Arianna Garvin Suero, Paul S. Goldstein, Jade d'Alpoim Guedes, Matthew J. Sitek
The Tiwanaku civilization (around AD 500–1100) originated in the Bolivian altiplano of the south-central Andes and established agrarian colonies (AD 600–1100) in the Peruvian coastal valleys. Current dietary investigations at Tiwanaku colonial sites focus on maize, a coastal valley cultivar with ritual and political significance. Here, we examine Tiwanaku provincial foodways and ask to what degree
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Indicadores de poblamiento inicial en paisajes semidesérticos de la Pampa Occidental (Argentina) Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Mónica Berón, Manuel Carrera Aizpitarte
Resumen En este trabajo se discute un conjunto de indicios de poblamiento humano en diferentes locus de la Pampa Occidental: el sitio 1 de la localidad Tapera Moreira, El Carmel y Casa de Piedra. El poblamiento inicial de este territorio ha estado restringido a un solo dato cronológico correspondiente al Holoceno temprano, proveniente del sitio Casa de Piedra 1 (8620 ± 190 años aP) que no ha sido replicado
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Mezclas pigmentarias, recetas pictóricas e historias: Una aproximación fisicoquímica a las prácticas sociales de pintado en el cerro de Oyola (Catamarca, Argentina) Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Eugenia Ahets Etcheberry, Lucas Gheco, Marcos Tascon, Marcos Quesada, Emilia Halac, María Reinoso, Fernando Marte
Resumen Este trabajo se propone avanzar en la comprensión de los procesos históricos de pintado del sitio arqueológico de Oyola (Sierra El Alto-Ancasti, Catamarca, Argentina). En particular, se evalúan similitudes y diferencias en la composición material de las mezclas pigmentarias para entrever la existencia de antiguas recetas pictóricas en la confección de las pinturas rupestres negras. Para ello
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Inca Mitmaqkuna, Chaînes Opératoires, and Pottery Production in the Northern Andes Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Catherine Lara, Gabriel Ramón, Tamara L. Bray
This article investigates the utility of a chaîne opératoire approach centered on technologies of ceramic production for identifying Inca mitmaqkuna archaeologically. Although early documents suggest that the Inca program of resettlement (mitmaq) was massive in scale, archaeologists have had minimal success in identifying such relocated populations. Here we test a novel approach that focuses on technologies
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Long-Term Camelid Husbandry and Agricultural Intensification in the Southern Nasca Region, Peru: Insight from Faunal Isotopes Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Jelmer W. Eerkens, Kevin J. Vaughn, Moises Linares-Grados, Christopher Beckham
We examined stable isotopes (δ13C, δ15N, and δ34S) of camelid, cavid, and cervid remains from Upanca, an archaeological site located in the Southern Nasca Region on the south coast of Peru. Occupation at the site began in the Middle Archaic (around 3200–3000 BC) and continued through the Nasca period (AD 100–650). Remains predating 2500 BC show low δ13C and δ15N values, whereas remains after this time
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Obsidian on the Island: First Geochemical Characterization for Isla Victoria, Nahuel Huapi National Park (Patagonia, Argentina) Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Federico L. Scartascini, María Victoria Fernández, Adam Hajduk, Michael D. Glascock, Brandi L. MacDonald, Juan I. Falco, Alhue Bay Gavuzzo, Ramiro Barberena
We present the first geochemical data of archaeological obsidian for Isla Victoria, Nahuel Huapi National Park in Patagonia. XRF analyses were performed on 15 samples of obsidian-like rocks from the Puerto Tranquilo 1 site. Only five of the artifacts—all of which come from upper levels of the site—correspond to obsidian as a raw material. The provenance analysis indicates the use of obsidian sources
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La conexión entre ambientes de tierras bajas y altas en el límite Cuyo Patagonia (Argentina): Un análisis sobre el transporte y uso de obsidiana Laguna del Maule Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 María Laura Salgán, M. Paz Pompei, Adolfo Gil, Gustavo Neme, Patricia Sruoga, Michael D. Glascock
Resumen Este trabajo busca conocer las estrategias tecnológicas, los rangos de acción y la conectividad en las estrategias humanas de ambientes marginales. Se discute, para el caso del sur de Mendoza, el modelo clásico de trashumancia cazadora recolectora entre tierras bajas y altas. El estudio se centra específicamente en El Payén y en el uso de la obsidiana andina Laguna del Maule. En El Payén, esta
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The Chaîne Opératoire as an Approach to Distinguish between the Ceramic Production of the Viru and the Moche Polities on the North Coast of Peru Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Alicia Espinosa, Isabelle Druc, Jean-François Millaire, Gabriel Prieto, Edgar Bracamonte, Walter Alva
Ceramics play a central role in the debates around the relationship between the Viru and the Moche. A recent model considers Negative and Moche-decorated ceramics produced by potters affiliated with the elites to be the cultural markers of the Viru and Moche populations, respectively. Due to the similarity of Viru and Moche plain-wares and the presence of Castillo Decorated ceramics in Viru and Moche
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Archaeological Analysis of a Water Mill from the Nineteenth Century in Salta, Argentina Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Pablo José Pifano, Fernando J. Fernández, Ailín A. Guillermo, Natalia S. Petrucci, María C. Páez
Hydraulic mills were introduced in the early colonial period in the Americas to grind wheat into flour. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the rise of the agro-export model in Latin America shaped the development of a flour industry in which water-powered mills played a central role. Over time, these technologies were used not only to increase production for the export market but also to
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From Slavery to Servitude: Transformations and Continuities in Hacienda Labor, Well-Being, and Foodways in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Nasca Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Brendan J. M. Weaver, Lizette A. Muñoz, Karen Durand
The nineteenth century was a dynamic period for hacienda workers on the south coast of Peru. Former Jesuit vineyards with two of the largest enslaved African-descended populations in rural coastal Peru—the haciendas of San Joseph (San José) and San Francisco Xavier (San Javier)—and their annexes in Nasca's Ingenio Valley underwent dramatic transformations with the replacement of their grapevines with
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El Dorado Offerings in Lake Guatavita: A Muisca Ritual Archaeological Site Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Juan Pablo Quintero-Guzmán
Archaeological and ethnohistorical investigations in the south of the Colombian Plateau, in the Eastern Highlands, suggest that before European contact Guatavita was an important Muisca chiefdom—largely because of the prestige conferred by the presence of ceremonial centers in their territories, especially around the lakes in the hills surrounding the Guatavita-Guasca Valley. The fame of Lake Guatavita
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Estrategias humanas y paleoclima en los Andes (34°S): Variaciones en la intensidad de ocupación de Laguna del Diamante (ca. 2000-500 años aP) Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Lucía Yebra, Valeria Cortegoso, Erik Marsh, María Eugenia de Porras, Antonio Maldonado, Silvina Castro, Ramiro Barberena, Diego Winocur, Víctor Durán
Resumen El área de Laguna del Diamante (3.000 m snm) tiene una oferta de recursos atractiva para las sociedades humanas durante los últimos 2.000 años. Este trabajo evalúa la variable intensidad en la ocupación humana en Laguna del Diamante en cinco segmentos temporales entre 2030 y 440 años cal aP. Estos segmentos se modelaron a partir de 14 fechados radiocarbónicos procedentes de tres sitios; la
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Starch Analyses on Culinary Equipment from Chavin de Huantar Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Christian Mesía-Montenegro, Sadie L. Weber
Excavations at the Wacheqsa sector from Chavin de Huantar identified contexts from the Middle Formative (1100–900 BC) and Late Formative (900–550 BC) periods. We present results of starch analysis conducted in culinary equipment (ceramics) retrieved from domestic occupations and a large midden. Microbotanical analysis revealed a variety of plant food resources, such as maize, beans, olluco, and possibly
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A Possible Case of Coccidioides Infection in a Thirteenth-Century Bolivian Mummy Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Jacopo Cilli, Lucia Borrelli, Ruggero D'Anastasio, Andrea Soricelli, Luigi Capasso
Coccidioidomycosis is an infectious fungal disease endemic in Bolivia's Gran Chaco region that is caused by inspiration of the spores of Coccidiodes species. It is a respiratory pathology that can spread to the skeleton and produce diffuse lytic lesions in different parts of the body. This disease has rarely been described in historic populations, and we present here a new case of coccidioidomycosis
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Hybrid Material Culture in the Inca Empire (AD 1400–1532): Analyzing the Ceramic Assemblages from La Centinela and Las Huacas, Chincha Valley Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-08-14 Jordan A. Dalton
The distribution and hybridization of ceramic vessels provide insights into how local elites and imperial officials navigated imperial expansion. This article presents data on ceramic sherds from the sites of La Centinela and Las Huacas in the Chincha Valley that date to the period of Inca occupation (AD 1400–1532). In Chincha, the Inca established a style of joint rule in which Inca and local authority
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Shell Games: A Middle Preclassic Shell Deposit at the Minor Center of Tutu Uitz Na in the Upper Belize River Valley Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Michael Biggie, John P. Walden, Kyle Shaw-Müller, Michael L. Petrozza, Olivia P. Ellis, Ian N. Roa, Norbert Stanchly, Rafael A. Guerra, Claire E. Ebert, Julie A. Hoggarth, Jaime J. Awe
Recent excavations at the ancient Maya minor center of Tutu Uitz Na in the Belize River Valley revealed an especially large—about 20 million shells—Middle Preclassic (900–300 BC) shell deposit underlying the plaza. Although marine shell species make up a small percentage of the assemblage, most shells are Pachychilus spp., a common freshwater snail known in the southern Maya Lowlands as jute. This
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New Data from Pedra Pintada Cave, Brazilian Amazon: Technological Analyses of the Lithic Industries in the Pleistocene–Holocene Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Maria Jacqueline Rodet, Déborah Duarte-Talim, Edithe Pereira, Claide Moraes
For many years, the existence of ancient human settlements in the Amazon was deemed impossible, particularly those as old as 12,000 BP as found in Pedra Pintada Cave in Monte Alegre, in the state of Pará, by Anna Roosevelt and colleagues in the 1990s and by Edithe Pereira's team in 2014. In this article, we present the results of the technological analyses of the bifacial tools found in the cave, focusing
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Estudio del nicho isotópico de cazadores-recolectores del centro-oeste de Santa Cruz, Argentina, durante el Holoceno tardío Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Cecilia Chaile, Augusto Tessone
Resumen Este estudio contribuye al entendimiento de la interrelación entre cambio ambiental, modificaciones en las estrategias de subsistencia y movilidad de grupos cazadores-recolectores, y la incorporación de nuevas tecnologías de captura y procesamiento de recursos durante el Holoceno tardío en el centro-oeste de Santa Cruz, Patagonia meridional, Argentina. Se presentan valores inéditos de δ13C
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Maya Pilgrimage, Migration, and Community Connectivity at Ritual Landscapes at Mensabak, Chiapas, Mexico Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Joel W. Palka
Anthropologists have demonstrated that having information about new settlements is crucial for drawing migrants. Pilgrimage to ritual landscapes and their shrines allows people, including Maya societies, to explore places where they can settle. They then establish or augment settlements around the landscape shrines, which explains the locations and growth of some centers. Migrants continue to make
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Procesos de manufactura e identificación taxonómica de pieles en Norpatagonia argentina (Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi) Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Maximiliano Javier Lezcano, Fernando Emmanuel Vargas, Adán Hajduk, Simón Claramonte, Federico Luis Scartascini
Resumen Se presentan los primeros resultados del análisis de pieles procesadas recuperadas en el sitio Puerto Tranquilo 1, ubicado en el extremo norte de la Isla Victoria, en el Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi, Provincia de Neuquén, Argentina. El material estudiado proviene de un nivel tardío, por encima de un fogón fechado en 640 ± 60 años aP (1288–1431 cal dC). El conjunto incluye tanto fragmentos de
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Endogamia, movilidad y residencia posmarital en poblaciones incas del noroeste de Cusco Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Héctor Hugo Varela, Silvia Graciela Valdano, José Alberto Cocilovo†
Resumen El estudio del parentesco permite comprender mejor las sociedades antiguas porque está relacionado con el comportamiento social, económico, político y reproductivo de la población. Es posible conocer la magnitud de la endogamia y hacer inferencias sobre la movilidad de ambos sexos. Una mayor similitud genética promedio dentro de muestras femeninas sugiere mayor migración masculina (modelo de
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La ofrenda de estatuillas en el rito de la capacocha y su relación con el mito del origen de los Incas Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Helena Horta Tricallotis
Resumen En este artículo se propone un significado para las ofrendas de estatuillas en miniatura de seres humanos y camélidos en ritos incaicos, entre ellos la qhapaq hucha o capacocha, ceremonia principal de veneración a las huacas que incluía sacrificio humano. La investigación moderna ha buscado una explicación satisfactoria respecto de este rito, así como de la función de dichas estatuillas, apoyándose
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La identidad cultural de Pahñú: Análisis de la arquitectura del período clásico de un centro ceremonial en el valle del Mezquital Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Gustavo Sandoval
Resumen Este artículo analiza la arquitectura del período Clásico de Pahñú, un centro ceremonial en el noreste del valle del Mezquital, México. Esta arquitectura se distingue porque desarrolló un estilo local, integrando elementos de distintas tradiciones culturales. Por un lado, los conjuntos arquitectónicos de patio hundido siguen los estándares de la tradición del Bajío. Por otra parte, los edificios
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Pucara Hilltop Settlements in the Lupaca and Pacajes Territories, Southern Andean Altiplano, during the Late Intermediate Period (AD 1000–1450) Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Romuald Housse, Arthur Mouquet
The quantity of archaeological data for the fortified hilltop settlements of the Late Intermediate period on the Andean altiplano, called pucaras, varies greatly. Some areas, such as the territory of the Colla Aymara chieftaincy east of Lake Titicaca, are well documented thanks to recent and exhaustive research. Other areas, such as the territories of the Lupacas and the Pacajes, are much less documented
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South American Maize and Political Economy of the Middle and Late Formative Soconusco Region of Guatemala Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Thomas C. Hart, Neil A. Duncan, Deborah M. Pearsall, Michael W. Love
We present macrobotanical, starch, and phytolith data from artifacts and sediments from Middle Formative La Blanca (1000–600 cal BC) and Late Formative El Ujuxte (600 cal BC–cal AD 115 ) in the Soconusco region in Guatemala. Potential economic plants identified included palm (cf. Arecaceae), two varieties of maize (Zea mays), guava (Psidium guajava), bean (Phaseolus), chili peppers (Capsicum), squash
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Formas, tecnología y estilos de la cerámica formativa del sitio Corral Grande 1 (2400-1100 años aP), Antofagasta de la Sierra, Argentina Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-05-26 Martín T. Casanova Menéndez, Martina Inés Pérez, Jennifer L. Grant
Resumen Se presentan los resultados del análisis tecnológico, morfológico y estilístico de una muestra cerámica hallada en estratigrafía en una estructura del sitio Corral Grande 1, asignada al período Formativo regional (2400-1100 años aP), en Antofagasta de la Sierra (provincia de Catamarca, Argentina), Andes meridionales. El objetivo del estudio fue caracterizar distintos aspectos de la cerámica
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Paisaje social y espacios de tareas en canteras-taller de los Andes centro-sur Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Federico Miguel Bobillo
Resumen En las canteras-taller los individuos y grupos llevan a cabo diversas actividades vinculadas al aprovisionamiento de recursos líticos. El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar cómo las acciones tecnológicas y prácticas sociales configuraron un paisaje de canteras-taller en Antofagasta de la Sierra (provincia de Catamarca, Argentina). En este sentido, interesa conocer cómo las personas interactuaron
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Análisis tecnológicos y distribucionales de material lítico del sitio Pago Lindo (Departamento de Tacuarembó, Uruguay) Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Nicolás Gazzán, Camila Gianotti, Mariano Bonomo
Resumen Este trabajo se focaliza en el análisis espacial intrasitio del material lítico procedente de un montículo de tierra del sitio arqueológico Pago Lindo (Departamento de Tacuarembó, Uruguay). Se realizaron análisis tecnológicos y distribucionales (vecino más cercano, K de Ripley y modelos kernel) que permitieron caracterizar distintas fases de ocupación y uso del espacio entre 3021 ± 32 y 690
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Exploring the Quotidian: An Analysis of Plain-Weave Textiles at Cerro de Oro, Peru, during the Sixth to Tenth Centuries Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-05-19 Francesca Fernandini Parodi, Rosa María Varillas
Andean prehispanic textiles are renown for being complex masterpieces made with labor-intensive techniques and high-quality raw materials. Nevertheless, the vast majority of textiles, those used by the population at large, were plain, simple, and without any decoration. We study a sample composed of the most common textiles used by people living at Cerro de Oro in the Cañete Valley, Peru. Our analysis
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A Blunt Force Trauma Analysis of Interpersonal Violence in Northern Patagonia and Southern Pampa (Argentina): An Experimental Perspective Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Felipe Otero, Marien Béguelin, Florencia Gordón
This article evaluates the level of interpersonal violence among human groups that inhabited northern Patagonia and southern Pampa (Argentina) during the Middle and Late Holocene, especially before contact with Europeans. We analyzed a particular type of trauma—blunt force trauma—in skull samples from several archaeological localities and compared our outcomes with those of a previous experimental
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Ancient Human Mitogenome of the Beagle Channel (Tierra del Fuego): An Argentine Collaborative Project Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Valeria Arencibia, Marianne Muñoz Hidalgo, Cristian Crespo, Lucas Maldonado, Gabriel Lichtenstein, Laura Kamenetzky, Pablo Vera, Atilio F. Zangrando, Augusto Tessone, Sergio Avena, Verónica Lia, Andrea Puebla, Cristina Dejean
The increasing use of massively parallel sequencing in the study of current and ancient human populations has enabled new approaches to bioanthropological and archaeological issues; however, its application to archaeological samples requires the use of technologies that are not easily accessible outside US and European research centers. To obtain an ancient mitogenome in Argentina, several institutions
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A Port by Any Other Name: A Preliminary Spatial Analysis of Ancient Infrastructural Landscapes and Settlement Organization at Macurany, Brazil Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 M. Grace Ellis, Anna T. Browne Ribeiro, Michel Carvalho, Christopher T. Fisher
Complex human–environmental processes form identifiable, lasting features on the landscape that can illuminate past human behavior and human–environment interactions. We examine the anthropogenic landscape of the ancient port of Macurany, located along the middle Amazon River in Parintins, Brazil, and identify four classes of anthropogenic landscape features at the site: wharfs, middens, terra preta
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Evidencia arqueométrica del uso del manganeso en artefactos asociados a la cultura Chinchorro Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Bernardo Arriaza, Juan Pablo Ogalde, Sebastián Gutiérrez, José Cárcamo, Vivien Standen, Leonardo Figueroa Tagle
Resumen Se presentan los resultados de fluorescencia de rayos-X realizados a 12 artefactos provenientes de contextos funerarios Chinchorro, Arica, norte de Chile, focalizándose la discusión en el manganeso (Mn). La muestra con mayor concentración de Mn fue analizada con espectrometría Raman, para avanzar en la identificación estructural del cromóforo negro correspondiente. Todos los artefactos dieron
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Collecting “Remembrances of these Isles”: Tracing the Post-1880 History of a Taíno Cotton Cemí in the Dominican Republic and Italy Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Joanna Ostapkowicz, Cecilia Pennacini
This article charts the collection history of the only surviving precolumbian cotton reliquary (cemí) from the Dominican Republic, establishing its provenance from the mid-nineteenth century through a previously unpublished manuscript written by the collector, Rodolfo Domingo Cambiaso Sosa, and using archival documents in Italy. The cemí, found in a cave in the southwest of the country near the town
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Estimation of Early Classic Maya Population: Methodological Challenges and Modeling at Naachtun, Guatemala Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Julien Hiquet
Most population estimates for Maya sites are for the Late Classic period, a time of peak population in the Central Maya Lowlands. At Naachtun, Guatemala, a major city during the Early Classic that continued into the Late Classic period, researchers recently carried out an ambitious program of test pitting in residential areas; its aim was to model the growth of residential units during the entire Classic
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Poblamiento litoral de los archipiélagos patagónicos septentrionales: Cronología y estratigrafía de Puente Quilo-1, Isla Grande de Chiloé, Chile Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Simón Sierralta Navarro, Ayelén Delgado Orellana, Sandra Rebolledo Canales, Constanza Cortés Rodríguez, Hugo Carrión Méndez, Daniel Hernández Castillo, Rolando González Rojas, Cristian Dávila Contreras, Helga Inostroza Rojas, Constanza Roa Solís
Resumen Los modos de vida marítimos que caracterizaron a los archipiélagos occidentales de Patagonia comenzaron su desarrollo a mediados del Holoceno medio. El registro arqueológico sugiere posibles orígenes tanto en el extremo sur como en el extremo norte del territorio insular. La propuesta de un núcleo ecotonal septentrional de maritización se fundamentó en el hallazgo de sitios con tempranas ocupaciones
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Settlement Scaling in the Northern Maya Lowlands: Human-Scale Implications Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Scott R. Hutson, Adrian S. Z. Chase, Jeffrey B. Glover, William M. Ringle, Travis W. Stanton, Walter R. T. Witschey, Traci Ardren
Settlement scaling theory predicts that higher site densities lead to increased social interactions that, in turn, boost productivity. The scaling relationship between population and land area holds for several ancient societies, but as demonstrated by the sample of 48 sites in this study, it does not hold for the Northern Maya Lowlands. Removing smaller sites from the sample brings the results closer
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Physical Violence and Social Tension in the Atacama Desert: Osteobiography of a Woman from the Tarapacá 40 Formative Period Cemetery Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-03-29 María José Herrera-Soto, Andrea González-Ramírez, Pablo Díaz, Aryel Pacheco, Rodrigo Retamal, Arturo Sáez, Francisca Santana-Sagredo, Mauricio Uribe
Physical violence and social conflict have been widely studied in the ancient societies of the Andes. However, studies about violence are scarce for the Formative period of northern Chile (1000 BC–AD 900). Evidence from these investigations is generally interpreted as interpersonal violence, whose protagonists are mostly men. Here, we present the case of an adult female recovered from the Tarapacá
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Oral Health of Sambaqui Groups in Saquarema, Brazil Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Victor Guida, Murilo Q. R. Bastos, Claudia Rodrigues-Carvalho
This article presents differences and similarities in dietary practices of fisher-gatherer groups excavated from two sambaquis (shell-mound archaeological sites) in Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. We analyzed the buccal apparatus of 35 individuals excavated from Sambaqui da Beirada, dated from 5437 to 3440 years cal BP, and Sambaqui do Moa, dated from 4770 to 3199 years cal BP. Our oral health
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“Ways of Doing” Pottery in the Cajón Valley (Argentine Northwest) during the First Centuries AD Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-03-22 María Fabiana Bugliani, Lucas Pereyra Domingorena
This article presents an example of ceramic circulation and exchange networks in the southern Andean region during the first centuries AD, derived from the study of the production, circulation, and consumption of the pottery assemblages found in the villages of Cardonal and Bordo Marcial, located in the Cajón Valley in Catamarca, Argentina. Our analysis of the technical, morphological, and design aspects
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Cronología, tecnología y subsistencia de los cazadores-recolectores de mediados del Holoceno medio (ca. 8000-5500 cal aP) en la cuenca superior del Río Loa (Puna de Atacama, Andes centro sur) Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-03-08 Patricio De Souza, Isabel Cartajena, Andrew Kowler
Resumen Se presentan los resultados de las investigaciones llevadas a cabo en dos sitios del Holoceno medio ubicados en la cuenca superior del Río Loa (norte de Chile), conocidos como Alero Huiculunche y Corte de La Damiana. Los trabajos desarrollados incluyeron excavaciones estratigráficas, obtención y análisis de dataciones radiocarbónicas y análisis del material lítico y arqueofaunístico recuperado
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Explotación de ungulados en ambientes ecotonales de Patagonia: Zooarqueología de un basural del Holoceno medio, sitio Cerro Casa de Piedra 7 (Santa Cruz, Argentina) Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Natalia Lucía Fernández
En este trabajo se discuten las estrategias de explotación de ungulados por parte de los grupos cazadores-recolectores que habitaron los sectores ecotonales del Parque Nacional Perito Moreno (Santa Cruz, Argentina). La importancia del guanaco (Lama guanicoe) y el huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus) en la subsistencia de estos sectores precordilleranos se mantuvo constante desde la transición Pleistoceno/Holoceno
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La colonización española en Sudamérica: Estudio del primer asentamiento en la Cuenca del Plata mediante el registro de los microrrestos biosilíceos Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-02-17 María de los Milagros Colobig, Alejandro Fabián Zucol, Esteban Passeggi, Agustín Azkarate, Gabriel Cocco, Iban Sánchez-Pinto
Se analizan los microrrestos biosilíceos recuperados en el sitio Fuerte Sancti Spiritus, primer asentamiento español que se estableció en la cuenca del Río de la Plata en el período de la colonización y conquista europea en América. Está emplazado en Puerto Gaboto, provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina, y consiste en una ocupación breve que se produjo entre mayo de 1527 y septiembre de 1529. La excavación
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Ornament, Weapon, or Tool? Microwear Analysis of Shark Teeth from the Rio Do Meio Site in Florianópolis, Brazil Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-02-17 Simon-Pierre Gilson, Christian Gates St-Pierre, Andrea Lessa
Shark remains are common in coastal archaeological sites in southern Brazil. Here we present an analysis of microwear visible on shark teeth found at the Rio do Meio site in Florianópolis, Brazil. It demonstrates that hafted shark teeth were used to work soft materials such as leather, as well as semihard materials such as wood and bone, whereas others probably functioned as arrowheads. The results
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Evidence for Landscape Transformation of Ridgetop Forests in Amazonian Ecuador Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.245) Pub Date : 2023-02-02 William Balée, Tod Swanson, María Gabriela Zurita-Benavides, Juan C. Ruiz Macedo
The Napo River basin, which is situated within the Upper Amazon archaeological region, is one of the most speciose forests in Greater Amazonia. Standard thinking in scholarship and science holds that these forests are essentially pristine because any Indigenous impacts in the past would have been minimal, seedbanks would have been nearby, and natural forests would have reappeared after the humans left