Late Paleo-Indian Coastal Foragers: Specialized Extractive Behavior at Quebrada Tacahuay, Peru

deFrance, Susan D.; Keefer, Donald A.; Richardson, James B.; Alvarez, Adán Umire

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“…Some see this argument by negative evidence as a problem so profound that we must exorcise the very notion from our list of peopling scenarios (e.g., Marshall 2001;Turner 2003;Yesner 2001;. Others view the idea as worthy of consideration alongside other peopling models and are developing innovative ways to evaluate it (e.g., deFrance et al 2001;Dixon 1999Dixon , 2001Erlandson et al 2005;Fitzgerald and Jones 2003;Goebel et al 2008;Jones et al 2002;Kelly 2003;Montenegro et al 2006;Rick et al 2001;Surovell 2003;Vallanoweth et al 2003).…”

Section: The Americasmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…B.P., again coeval with Clovis, focused on the harvest of ocean fish. Quebrada Tacahuay, 300 years younger, also reflects procurement of marine resources, in this case cormorants and boobies, marine fish and mammals, and shellfish (deFrance et al 2001;Keefer et al 1998). The Ring site, 20 km north of Quebrada Tacahuay and similarly dated, shows intensive exploitation of shellfish (Sandweiss et al 1989 (Jackson et al 2007), located north of Monte Verde in Chile and dating to 13,100 cal.…”

Section: The Americasmentioning

confidence: 97%

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A Tale of Two Migrations: Reconciling Recent Biological and Archaeological Evidence for the Pleistocene Peopling of the Americas

Pitblado

2011

J Archaeol Res

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This article synthesizes the 2000s-era ''peopling of the Americas'' data drawn from molecular biology, osteology, and archaeology. Collectively, they suggest that colonization proceeded in two pulses, both originating in western Beringia, and before that, south-central and southeastern Siberia. The first pulse occurred circa 16 k-15 k cal. B.P. by watercraft along the coast of Beringia and western North and South America. The second took place 1,000 years later and involved proto-Clovis hunter-gatherers who used the ice-free corridor as a conduit south. At least eight North American sites dating as far back as the Last Glacial Maximum suggest that the peopling picture may eventually need to change to accommodate an earlier than previously thought migration through the ice-free corridor. For now, the data are not strong enough to support this scenario, but they are tantalizingly close.

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Section: The Americasmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: The Americasmentioning

confidence: 97%

A Tale of Two Migrations: Reconciling Recent Biological and Archaeological Evidence for the Pleistocene Peopling of the Americas

Pitblado

2011

J Archaeol Res

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“…Only at a few sites are sea mammal remains reported (Table 3; deFrance et al 2001;Reitz 1988;Rosello et al 2001). At Quebrada de Tacahuay, in southern Peru, people as early as 10,000 BP were mostly eating sea birds and bony fishes, but only a few lower limb remains of sea lion or seal were present in the faunal assemblage (deFrance et al 2001). At the site of La Paloma, most of the animal food remains were anchovies and mussels, and only a few sea lion remains were recovered (Reitz 1988).…”

Section: Marine Mammal Remains From Archaeological Contextsmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Zooarchaeological and isotopic data from numerous sites on the Peruvian coast, ranging from the Preceramic (13, 000 BP) to the Late Horizon (AD 1532), show the importance of marine resources in ancient coastal people's diet (Moseley and Willey 1973;Reitz, Andrus, and Sandweiss 2008;Rosello et al 2001;Tomczak 2003) However, the evidence of the consumed maritime resources appears to be mainly fishes and mollusks. Only at a few sites are sea mammal remains reported (Table 3; deFrance et al 2001;Reitz 1988;Rosello et al 2001). At Quebrada de Tacahuay, in southern Peru, people as early as 10,000 BP were mostly eating sea birds and bony fishes, but only a few lower limb remains of sea lion or seal were present in the faunal assemblage (deFrance et al 2001).…”

Section: Marine Mammal Remains From Archaeological Contextsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…We recognize that the scarcity of sea mammals in the archaeological record of Peruvian coastal sites may be due to cultural practices (e.g., food taboo) or transportation concerns. These animals could have been butchered near shore, and only the meat may have been carried to the sites (deFrance et al 2001). …”

Section: Marine Mammal Remains From Archaeological Contextsmentioning

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Isotopic evidence for the trade and production of exotic marine mammal bone artifacts at Chavín de Huántar, Peru

Sayre

Miller

Rosenfeld

2015

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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This study uses stable isotope analysis to identify the possible origin and taxon of unusually large worked bone artifacts recovered from the site of Chavín de Huántar in the central highland of Peru (3200-2200 BP). The site was traditionally considered to be an ideal trading point halfway between the Pacific coast and the Amazon jungle. The archaeological specimens were discovered in a workshop area located in the La Banda sector across from the main temple, and they were analyzed for the stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and oxygen. Results indicate that the worked bone artifacts are marine in origin and are likely from a cetacean or large pinniped. Their exotic origin and elaborate work have implications about ancient production practices and exchange, and they provide benchmark data and a comparative approach for future analysis of exotic bone artifacts.

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People of the Coastal Atacama Desert: Living Between Sand Dunes and Waves of the Pacific Ocean

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Arriaza²,

Standen³

et al. 2005

Desert Peoples

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water seen in the Atacama in the form of permanent or seasonal streams originating in the high Andes, located around 100-150 km to the east (see Figure 13.1). This supporting network of water sources and the Pacific Ocean, one of the richest and most diverse marine biomasses in the world, creates unusual conditions allowing for the permanent occupation of this area by hunter-gatherers and fishermen. The first known inhabitants who arrived on the Pacific coastline of this region initiated a subsistence system that after 2,000-3,000 years of experimentation became strongly dependent on a wide variety of marine resources, hidden under the waves of the Pacific (Bird 1943;Llagostera 1992;Nu ´n ˜ez 1983;Schiappacasse and Niemeyer 1984). They complemented their maritime economy with unpredictable and dispersed terrestrial resources, located along the quebradas (narrow deep canyons with permanent or intermittent courses of water) and oases touched by sand dunes swept by the desert winds.The Selknam, hunter-gatherers of Tierra del Fuego, can serve as an analogy for understanding early Atacama populations. They inhabited an extremely harsh environment, but also developed a complex ideological system expressed in sophisticated ceremonies, which included body painting, masks, and performances representing supernatural characters. These rituals helped them to maintain and pass on their ideology and promoted social and biological reproduction. Similarly, Australian desert Aborigines continue to exercise complex systems of thinking and performance through a rich iconographic rock art and curation of tjuringa (sacred boards with painted or incised motif), comprising ''a semiotic system that mediates social and territorial relations'' (Rosenfeld and Smith 2002: 112), and body painting with the ''appearance of ancestral forces'' (Morphy 1998: 23). In these

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Late Paleo-Indian Coastal Foragers: Specialized Extractive Behavior at Quebrada Tacahuay, Peru

Cited by 52 publications

References 5 publications

A Tale of Two Migrations: Reconciling Recent Biological and Archaeological Evidence for the Pleistocene Peopling of the Americas

A Tale of Two Migrations: Reconciling Recent Biological and Archaeological Evidence for the Pleistocene Peopling of the Americas

Isotopic evidence for the trade and production of exotic marine mammal bone artifacts at Chavín de Huántar, Peru

People of the Coastal Atacama Desert: Living Between Sand Dunes and Waves of the Pacific Ocean

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