Flies,Mochicas and burial practices: a case study from Huaca de la Luna,Peru |
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| Authors: | J.-B. Huchet B. Greenberg |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Laboratoire de Paléoanthropologie de l’EPHE, UMR 5199, PACEA-LAPP, Université Bordeaux 1, Bât. B 8, Avenue des Facultés, F-33405, Talence Cedex, France;2. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street (MC 066) Chicago, IL 60607, USA |
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| Abstract: | Study of a specific insect fauna from a pre-Columbian Moche grave, on the north coast of Peru, reveals burial practices, notably an estimation of the corpse’s exposure time prior to burial, and compares New and Old World beliefs concerning flies and death. |
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| Keywords: | Funerary archaeoentomology pre-Colombian America Moche civilisation Burial practices Beetle Fly pupae Parasitoid wasp |
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