Can first phalanx multivariate morphometrics help document past taxonomic diversity in South American camelids?

Neün, Manon Le; Dufour, Élise; Goepfert, Nicolás; Neaux, Dimitri; Wheeler, Jane C.; Yacobaccio, Hugo D.; Goñalons, Guillermo L. Mengoni; Elkin, Dolores; Gasco, Alejandra; Cucchi, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103708

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“…All camelids were of adult age. While few camelid remains were complete enough to be measured, those bones that could be measured fall within the size ranges of domesticated llama or wild guanaco (Kent 1982; Le Neün et al 2023; Supplementary Data: Identification of Camelids; Supplemental Tables S2 to S4). Moreover, given that the natural range of guanacos overlaps with llamas (González et al 2006), determining whether the bones represent domesticated or wild camelids is difficult to ascertain with our small camelid bone sample.…”

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Diet During the Late Initial Period (1100–800 BC) in the Chavín Heartland: New Data from Canchas Uckro (North-Central Peru)

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Weber

Washburn

et al. 2023

Journal of Ethnobiology

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During the late Initial Period (c. 1100-800 BC), the Conchucos region of highland Peru witnessed the formation of the ceremonial and “proto-urban” center of Chavín de Huántar (c. 1000-500/400 BC). An important question regarding Chavín de Huántar centers on the nature of its subsistence economy during the time when it was first founded. In this paper, we present new results from zooarchaeological, starch granule, and stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N) analyses to reconstruct diet from Canchas Uckro, a settlement located in Chavín de Huántar's heartland region. Founded c. 1100 BC and abandoned just after 800 BC, Canchas Uckro provides insight into socioeconomic processes during the early phases of Chavín de Huántar. Extant faunal remains suggest deer comprised an important component of the diet, while camelids constitute a minor proportion of the assemblage. Starch granules recovered from the pottery indicate that domesticated cultigens (maize, potato, and manioc) were obtained from different highland production zones. δ13C and δ15N analysis of a sample of human skeletal remains, coupled with Stable Isotope Analysis in R (SIAR) mixing models, demonstrate that C3 plants constitute most of the diet, while maize was not intensively consumed. δ13C and δ15N further indicate that deer made up 25-50% of the diet. The results of this study add to a gro wing corpus of data on subsistence practices in the north-central and northern highlands of Peru prior to the widespread adoption of domesticated camelids.

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Diet During the Late Initial Period (1100–800 BC) in the Chavín Heartland: New Data from Canchas Uckro (North-Central Peru)

Nesbitt

Weber

Washburn

et al. 2023

Journal of Ethnobiology

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La identidad de los Camélidos mochica mediante la osteometría de la primera falange, costa norte del Perú

Vásquez Sánchez,

Rosales Tham

2024

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La cultura Moche que alcanzó un alto desarrollo tecnológico en cerámica, metalurgia, textilería, agricultura, también tiene evidencias de crianza local de rebaños de camélidos. Los restos óseos de los camélidos se hallan diseminados en todos los sitios mochica de la costa norte, escenario donde florecieron los mochica. El análisis zooarqueológico y en especial el osteométricode primeras falanges de seis sitios mochica: Sipán, Cerro Chepén, Huaca Colorada. Huaca del Sol, Huaca de la Luna y Guadalupito, permiten rescatar la identidad de los camélidos que habitaron estos sitios entre 650 a 700 años d.C., lo cual esta basada en la medición de 624 primeras falanges, que arrojan la presencia de dos tipos de camélidos domésticos, uno grande y otro pequeño, además de un grupo intermedio que tiene gradientes de tamaños superpuestos entre el grande y pequeño camélido. La eficiencia de la osteometría con esta muestra es de 51.9% para la identificación de ambos grupos, siendo un 48.1% para los indeterminados, lo cual puede tener una explicación en los modelos zoológicos clinales de los mamíferos domésticos cuando son sometidos a cambios de ecología desde su origen histórico.

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Can first phalanx multivariate morphometrics help document past taxonomic diversity in South American camelids?

Cited by 2 publications

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Diet During the Late Initial Period (1100–800 BC) in the Chavín Heartland: New Data from Canchas Uckro (North-Central Peru)

Diet During the Late Initial Period (1100–800 BC) in the Chavín Heartland: New Data from Canchas Uckro (North-Central Peru)

La identidad de los Camélidos mochica mediante la osteometría de la primera falange, costa norte del Perú

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