Chemical Analysis of Hair Segments and Short-Term Dietary Variation: Results for the Ancient Site of Chongos (Peru)

Tykot, Robert H.; Metroka, A.; Dietz, Michael J.; Bergfield, R. A.

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“…Fine-grained archeological data, particularly from domestic contexts and other littoral sites, coupled with climate data, will be important in determining how and when shellfish were prepared, circulated, and eaten relative to other wild and agricultural foods, including other protein sources. Evidence for diet variation among individuals of this period (Knudson et al, 2015; Tykot et al, 2011) raises questions about how and why resource procurement and dietary flexibility differed and the implications for managing vulnerability. The scope of elite oversight and how managerial elites may have leveraged their control over the desert landscape under shifting environmental conditions also require investigation.…”

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Marine shellfish exploitation as a means of reducing vulnerability to resource uncertainty in southern coastal Peru (200 BCE–150 CE)

2022

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The effects of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) are notoriously hazardous for human populations of the hyperarid Peruvian coast. Yet, ENSO climate fluctuations are fundamental to the ecology of desert plant and animal resources that have been incorporated into human subsistence economies for millennia. We examine marine shellfish exploitation among early complex societies in southern coastal Peru at the end of the first millenium BCE to better understand the subsistence vulnerability of communities in arid environments with variable resource availability and productivity. We analyze new shellfish data from Jahuay, a shoreline fishing settlement in the Topará Quebrada occupied amidst new regional social hierarchies and intensifying inner-valley agriculture. We compare mollusk taxonomic diversity and taxa rank order with published assemblages from four near-contemporaneous sites to assess local and regional trends in resource exploitation. At Jahuay, a unique focus on foraging plentiful Donax obesulus clams resistant to ENSO effects may reflect a local buffering strategy to ensure a resource supply through interannual and decadal climate oscillations. Our comparative results suggest regional reliance on intertidal resource patches, especially rocky habitats, for consumable shellfish. The relative convenience of gathering sessile intertidal taxa that form dense settlements may partly explain their regional popularity. The potential to dry and exchange mollusk meat as a protein source likely enhanced diet diversification while supporting economic and social relationships between communities. Overall, our findings imply that mollusks and intertidal foraging landscapes were important within a broad-spectrum subsistence strategy suited to maintaining and coordinating food availability in a dynamic environment.

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Marine shellfish exploitation as a means of reducing vulnerability to resource uncertainty in southern coastal Peru (200 BCE–150 CE)

2022

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“…Isotopic analyses on Andean archaeological populations have been conducted to understand sociopolitical changes, warfare and violence, the transition to agriculture, diet and intra-populational variations in diet, seasonality of death, as well as human migration and mobility patterns (Burger and Van der Merwe, 1990;Buzon et al, 2011;Conlee et al, 2009;Finucane et al, 2006;Henry, 2008;Kellner and Schoeninger, 2008;Knudson et al, 2007Knudson et al, , 2009Tomczak, 2003;Tykot et al, 2006Tykot et al, , 2011Webb et al, 2013aWebb et al, , 2013bWilliams, 2005;Williams and Katzenberg, 2012). Previous research showed that coastal populations after the development of agriculture tended to rely on C 4 plants (e.g., maize (Zea mays)) and seafood (marine proteins) or terrestrial proteins (Tykot et al, 2006;Webb et al, 2013a).…”

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Diet in Peru's pre-Hispanic central coast

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Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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The Tablada de Lurín cemetery Lima, Peru) is characterised by two mortuary phases. Based on associated grave finds and the lack of habitation sites near the cemetery, it has been hypothesised that both burial populations came from a certain distance of the site (ca. 20 km) and that they relied on land rather than marine resources. We tested these hypotheses, based on material culture, through stable isotope analysis. The aim was to understand the populations' diet and geographic origins. We sampled 47 human individuals and eleven sets of faunal remains from both phases for stable isotope analysis (carbon, nitrogen, sulphur and oxygen) of bone and dental collagen, and apatite. Modern samples of autochthonous food were also tested as a baseline for comparison. The results showed preservation differences between the remains from both phases. Individuals from Phase 1 provided the best isotopic dataset and showed consumption of protein from marine resources and C 4 plants. On the other hand, bioapatite carbon and oxygen stable isotope results from both phases highlighted differences in C 4 plant consumption and individuals of possible non-local origin. The results underline the need to study further the effect of brewed or cooked beverages on bioapatite oxygen levels. Finally, results from Phase 1 fit with the broader dietary pattern evident in other Andean sites, where coastal populations consumed marine protein and C 4 plants, as opposed to highland populations who relied on terrestrial protein sources and C 3 plants.

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“…Não obstante, podemos reconstruir alguns aspectos do contexto e discutir sobre as consequências que um período de conflito intenso teria e qual seria o seu impacto sobre a qualidade de vida das comunidades submetidas a um ambiente de contínua ameaça, estresse e imprevisibilidade. (Piperno & Pearsall, 1998), mas ganhou maior importância durante Paracas Tardio (Dietz, 2009;Horn et al, 2009;Kellner, 2002;Kellner & Schoeninger, 2008;Tomasto, 2009;Tykot et al, 2011). Em todos os sítos da época Paracas, as evidências de patologia oral e isótopos estáveis apontam para um alto consumo de carboidratos, com mais tubérculos e leguminosas ao início, e com o milho incrementando-se com o passar do tempo (Pezo et al, 2015).…”

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“…Havia uma enorme disponibilidade de recursos marinhos, dada a proximidade ao mar. Neste caso, os dados arqueológicos indicam que a dos indivíduos que moravam na península era mais rica em recursos marinhos que os grupos paracas que moravam nos vales, sendo que esses últimos tinham uma dieta mais semelhante com grupos da serra (Finucane, 2009;Horn et al, 2009;Tykot et al, 2011). Os trabalhos etno-botânicos de Beresford et al (2011), no vale de Ica, mostram um registro importante de dieta marinha durante as fases iniciais do Horizonte Temprano e evidências de algodão domesticado.…”

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Qualidade de vida e dinâmicas de conflito na população da península de Paracas, costa sul do Peru durante o final do Horizonte Temprano (400 a.C - 100 d.C)

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INTRODUÇÃO I. MARCO CONCEITUAL Capítulo 1. A perspectiva bioarqueológica nos estudos sobre estresse e violência Capítulo 2. Complexificação social nos Andes Centrais Lista de siglas e abreviaturas a.C Antes de Cristo Ad Adulto a.n.m Acima do nível do mar A.P Antes do presente cal Datação calibrada CO Cribra Orbitalia d.C Depois de Cristo DNAa DNA antigo HP Hiperostose porótica HT Horizonte Temprano JAC Junção amelocementária MIC Modificação intencional do crânio MNAAHP Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú OR Odds ratio ÔR Odds ratio comum

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Chemical Analysis of Hair Segments and Short-Term Dietary Variation: Results for the Ancient Site of Chongos (Peru)

Cited by 7 publications

References 6 publications

Marine shellfish exploitation as a means of reducing vulnerability to resource uncertainty in southern coastal Peru (200 BCE–150 CE)

Marine shellfish exploitation as a means of reducing vulnerability to resource uncertainty in southern coastal Peru (200 BCE–150 CE)

Diet in Peru's pre-Hispanic central coast

Qualidade de vida e dinâmicas de conflito na população da península de Paracas, costa sul do Peru durante o final do Horizonte Temprano (400 a.C - 100 d.C)

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