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People of Clay and Stone: Indexing Other-than-Human Animacy and Collective Identity in Coastal Oaxaca, Mexico Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-30 Jeffrey S. Brzezinski
This article analyzes the assemblages of humans and other-than-humans that animated the sacred landscape of Cerro de la Virgen, a hilltop site occupied during the Formative period (1800 BC–AD 250) in the lower Río Verde Valley of coastal Oaxaca, Mexico. Commensalism in the region increased markedly in scope and complexity throughout the Formative period, culminating in the region's first polity at
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Implications of Rock Art Aesthetics in Olmec Sculpture Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Jillian Mollenhauer
The development of freestanding stone sculpture by the Olmec people of Mesoamerica's Gulf lowlands has long been considered one of the defining artistic achievements of the Formative period. However, by the Middle Formative period the production of freestanding sculpture was often eclipsed by the contemporaneous creation of rock art outside the Gulf lowlands. In this article I argue that Gulf Olmec
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Obsidian Tool Function and Maya Lithic Economy at Terminal Classic Pook's Hill, Belize: Subsistence, Domestic Activities, and Craft Production Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 W. James Stemp, Christophe Helmke, Geoffrey E. Braswell, Jaime J. Awe
The typological, technological, and use-wear analyses of obsidian artifacts from Terminal Classic Pook's Hill (AD 830–950+) provide opportunities to better reconstruct socioeconomic activities in this plazuela group, including long-distance trade, tool production, subsistence practices, domestic tasks, and the organization of craft production. Based on visual sourcing, most of the obsidian originated
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Paisajes agrícolas miniaturas de tiempos prehispánicos tardíos en las tierras altas de Arica (Andes centro sur) Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Marcela Sepúlveda, Thibault Saintenoy, Rubén Santos
Resumen La agricultura fue una actividad fundamental de las comunidades aldeanas de las tierras altas de Arica en los Andes centro sur, durante el período Intermedio tardío (1100-1450 dC), hasta convertirse en uno de los principales propósitos de la expansión inca en la región en los siglos quince y dieciséis. Este trabajo presenta el hallazgo, en la cuenca alta del Valle de Azapa, de maquetas o infraestructuras
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Nuevos fechados absolutos para el proceso de formación de sitios Chinchorro en el Morro de Arica, costa centro-sur andina Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-27 José Castelleti, Bernardo Arriaza, Corina Solís, María Rodríguez Ceja, Claudia Silva, Milagros de Ugarte, Katherine Cisternas, Katherine Vega
Resumen Los últimos trabajos de sondeo llevados a cabo en la zona de reservas de la cultura Chinchorro en el Morro de Arica (Desierto de Atacama, costa centro-sur andina), han permitido fechar y analizar estratigráficamente los depósitos domésticos asociados espacialmente a las conocidas áreas de funebria Chinchorro de los sitios arqueológicos Morro 1, Morro 1/6, Morro 1/5 y Colón 10. El rango de fechas
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Persistencias y concomitancias visuales en las figurinas arqueológicas del septentrión venezolano: Una comparación iconográfica preliminar Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Alessandra Caputo-Jaffé
Resumen Este trabajo presenta una aproximación comparativa a las lógicas visuales de figurinas, vasijas efigie, sonajeras y colgantes, en su mayoría de cerámica, que proliferaron en el septentrión venezolano a partir de aproximadamente el primer milenio aC hasta la llegada de los europeos al continente americano. Se comparan transversalmente diversas iconografías halladas en el noroccidente del país
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Aportes del sitio Hangar a los modelos de dieta y distribución del guanaco en las pampas de Argentina Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 María Clara Álvarez, María P. Barros, Daniela Storchi Lobos, Milagros Ríos Malan, Cristian A. Kaufmann
Resumen En este trabajo se presentan los resultados del análisis de los restos faunísticos de Hangar, un sitio arqueológico ubicado en la región pampeana argentina. Los fechados realizados sobre huesos de guanaco sitúan cronológicamente a las ocupaciones humanas en el Holoceno tardío final, período escasamente representado en el área. Los análisis tafonómicos y estratigráficos indican que el sitio
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How Can Data Science Contribute to Understanding the Khipu Code? Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-06 Manuel Medrano, Ashok Khosla
In “How Can Spin, Ply, and Knot Direction Contribute to Understanding the Quipu Code?” (2005), mathematician Marcia Ascher referenced new data on 59 Andean khipus to assess the significance of their variable twists and knots. However, this aggregative, comparative impulse arose late in Ascher's khipu research; the mathematical relations she had identified among 200+ previously cataloged khipus were
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La experimentación como herramienta para el estudio de la alfarería de la transición pampeano-patagónica oriental (Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina) Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Erika Borges Vaz, Gustavo Martínez, Lucas Pereyra Domingorena
Resumen En este trabajo se presentan los resultados de estudios experimentales realizados en pastas cerámicas con el objetivo de comprender las elecciones técnicas realizadas por los grupos cazadores-recolectores que habitaron el curso inferior del Río Colorado (transición pampeano-patagónica oriental) en los últimos 2000 años aP aproximadamente. A tal efecto, con la guía de ceramistas locales, se
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Caches, Memory, and Ritual at the Maya City of Cival Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Kaitlin R. Ahern
This article examines Middle and Late Preclassic period ritual activity and caches discovered in the Central E Group complex at the ancient Maya site of Cival, which is located in northeastern Peten, Guatemala. It focuses on a series of excavations conducted in 2013 and 2014 at Structure 9, the E Group's western radial pyramid and uses theories of social memory and sacred place to provide insight into
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A Deposit of Silver Aquillas from the Site of Purun Llacta de Soloco, Amazonas, Peru Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 James M. Crandall, Lorenzo Risco Patiño
This report examines the deposit of a sixteenth-century cache of silver aquillas within a Chachapoya household at the site of Purun Llacta de Soloco. The report examines their context and contents. These findings have implications for a larger examination of social value in Andean societies and the specialized treatment and use of ritual objects during the tumultuous colonial period.
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Estudio preliminar e identificación de un campamento de náufragos en el contexto de la Guerra del Brasil (1825-1828), Partido de Patagones, Buenos Aires Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Nicolás C. Ciarlo, Ana Castelli, Joaquín Rodríguez Saumell, Carlos G. Landa, Leonardo Dam, Diego Carabias Amor, Alasdair Brooks, Luis V. J. Coll, Rodrigo Torres
Resumen La navegación, la tecnología naval, la vida a bordo y las actividades llevadas a cabo en barcos de época moderna y contemporánea han sido temas ampliamente estudiados dentro de la arqueología marítima y náutica. Sin embargo, el devenir de los náufragos sobrevivientes de accidentes y las correspondientes evidencias materiales en la costa, no fueron abordados en grado semejante. Las investigaciones
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Arte rupestre del primer y segundo milenio dC en las sierras de Velasco y de La Punta (La Rioja, Argentina) Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 M. Lourdes Iniesta, Luis Tissera, Gabriela Sabatini, Sebastián Pastor, Pablo Cahiza
En este trabajo se presenta el estudio de los sitios con arte rupestre del faldeo oriental de la Sierra de Velasco y occidental de la Sierra de La Punta (norte de la provincia de La Rioja, Argentina). Los objetivos son definir la diversidad de representaciones a nivel local, evaluar la circulación de información a escala regional y examinar su rol en la conformación de paisajes sociales, durante los
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Lithics in the Maya Region: Exploring Gendered Trends in Research in the Last Decade Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Rachel A. Horowitz, Marieka Brouwer Burg
Even though lithics in the Maya region have traditionally been relegated to appendices and tool-type lists, much has been done to move beyond this descriptive approach in the last decade. In this article we highlight general themes of lithic studies in the Maya region since 2011, including economic production and exchange, the role of lithics in ritual practice, and the use of previously understudied
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First Assessment of a Pebble Tool Industry in the Pesqueiro River Valley, Upper Uruguay River Basin, Southern Brazil Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Marcos César Pereira Santos, Giulia Marciani, Vitor Hugo Rosa Biffi, Juliano Bitencourt Campos, Julio Cesar Paisani
This article presents the first findings of a topographic survey plotting the location of archaeological material and of a technological study of the lithic industry at the SC-CHA-030 open-air archaeological site along the Pesqueiro riverbank, located in the upper course of the Uruguay River Basin in southwestern Brazil. We analyzed raw material selection and the production of shaped/façonnage tools
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Variaciones en el aprovechamiento del guanaco en Patagonia meridional: El sitio Río Bote 1 Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 M. Victoria Fiel, Nora V. Franco
Resumen Estudios previos han mostrado que la Lama guanicoe fue la presa principal de los cazadores-recolectores que habitaron Patagonia a lo largo del Holoceno. No obstante, su forma de aprovechamiento pudo haber variado a lo largo del tiempo en respuesta a las condiciones paleoambientales y a la dinámica poblacional. Sin embargo, hasta la actualidad esta problemática ha sido poco explorada en la cuenca
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Unraveling Island Economies through Organic Residue Analysis: The Case of Mocha Island (Southern Chile) Latin American Antiquity (IF 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) 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 1.1) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Federico Miguel Bobillo
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 1.1) Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Nicolás Gazzán, Camila Gianotti, Mariano Bonomo
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 ± 35 años
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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 1.1) 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