Dietary shifting in the Nasca Region as inferred from the carbon- and nitrogen-isotope compositions of archaeological hair and bone |
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Authors: | Emily Webb Christine White Fred Longstaffe |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Anthropology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada;2. Department of Earth Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | The topography of the Andean Region results in short travelling distances among ecologically distinct production zones. As such, it is possible to infer relative changes in residence based on the spatial variability in the isotopic composition of food resources. Here, we determine long-term diet through carbon- and nitrogen-isotope analysis of bone collagen for twenty-nine individuals from Cahuachi, an important ceremonial centre in the Nasca Region. We also reconstruct the temporal sequence of change in dietary isotopic compositions along hair samples for seventeen individuals buried at Cahuachi and the neighbouring site of Huaca del Loro. |
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Keywords: | Stable isotope analysis Palaeodiet Hair Mobility Nasca Region Peru Cahuachi |
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