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The geographic origins of Nasca trophy heads using strontium, oxygen, and carbon isotope data
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Isotopic evidence for Middle Horizon to 16th century camelid herding in the Osmore Valley, Peru
Archaeological and zooarchaeological data indicate that camelid pastoralism was a subsistence and economic mainstay of Middle Horizon and more recent cultures in the Osmore region of southern Peru.…
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Burning down the brewery: establishing and evacuating an ancient imperial colony at Cerro Baul, Peru.
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The state-sponsored Wari incursion, described here, entailed large-scale agrarian reclamation to sustain the occupation of two hills and the adjacent high mesa of Cerro Baúl and final evacuation of theBaúl enclave was accompanied by elaborate ceremonies.
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Cerro Baúl: A Wari Center on the Tiwanaku Frontier
Andean scholars have long debated the nature of the relationship between two Middle Horizon (ca. A. D. 750-1000) Andean states; many assumed Tiwanaku dominated Wari and preceded Wari in time. Recent…
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Rethinking disaster-induced collapse in the demise of the Andean highland states: Wari and Tiwanaku
The role of drought in the collapse of the ancient states of the Andean Middle Horizon has received a great deal of attention in recent years. The only Andean valley where both principal states of…
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Domesticated Landscapes: The Subsistence Ecology of Plant and Animal Domestication
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It makes sense to define human subsistence behavior as an interactive matrix of species and harvesting tactics, that is, as a provisions spreadsheet.
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Complexities of collapse: the evidence of Maya obsidian as revealed by social network graphical analysis
The authors use a social network analysis to map the changing patterns of obsidian supply among the Maya during the period of Classic to Postclassic transition. The quantity of obsidian received from…
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Archaeological assessment reveals Earth’s early transformation through land use
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An empirical global assessment of land use from 10,000 years before the present (yr B.P.) to 1850 CE reveals a planet largely transformed by hunter-gatherers, farmers, and pastoralists by 3000 years ago, considerably earlier than the dates in the land-use reconstructions commonly used by Earth scientists.
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Laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry analysis applied to the characterization of peruvian wari ceramics
Trace elemental analysis of ancient ceramics has been proven a very useful tool for tracing the circulation of this material. Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) was for years the…
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Sighting the apu: a GIS analysis of Wari imperialism and the worship of mountain peaks
Abstract In the Andes, prominent mountains are revered as earthly spirits that protect, but may also punish, their human constituents. These apu were often linked to distant ancestors and are…
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