Assessing Prehispanic Herding Strategies through Stable Isotope Analysis: A Case Study from the Dry Puna of Argentina

The main goal of this work is to study the camelid herding and management strategies employed by the human groups that occupied the Dry Puna of Argentina during the late Holocene. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope compositions were measured on bone collagen from domesticated South American camelids...

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Publicado: 2018
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carbon and nitrogen stable isotope compositions
elevation
Lama glama
late Holocene
Pastoralism
South-Central Andes
Acceso en línea:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_14614103_v_n_p_Samec
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_14614103_v_n_p_Samec
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spelling paper:paper_14614103_v_n_p_Samec2023-06-08T16:16:13Z Assessing Prehispanic Herding Strategies through Stable Isotope Analysis: A Case Study from the Dry Puna of Argentina carbon and nitrogen stable isotope compositions elevation Lama glama late Holocene Pastoralism South-Central Andes The main goal of this work is to study the camelid herding and management strategies employed by the human groups that occupied the Dry Puna of Argentina during the late Holocene. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope compositions were measured on bone collagen from domesticated South American camelids (llamas: Lama glama) recovered at two archaeological sites (Huirunpure and Chayal Cave). These results were interpreted using an already published data set of δ13C and δ15N values measured on bone collagen from modern herds of llamas managed in a traditional way. Our results showed that even though the archaeological sites of Huirunpure and Chayal Cave are located within different settings–at 4020 and 3700 masl respectively – and present different chronologies–0–650 and 1300–1500 CE respectively – the llamas from both sites exhibit similar δ13C and δ15N values. This pattern was explained considering the characteristics of the vegetation communities that grow in the vicinity of both sites as well as the paleoenvironmental records of the Andean highlands. In sum, this work presents and discusses some preliminary results on the study of prehispanic herding practices in the Dry Puna of Argentina during the first 1500 years of the Common Era through stable isotope analysis. © 2018, © Association for Environmental Archaeology 2018. 2018 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_14614103_v_n_p_Samec http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_14614103_v_n_p_Samec
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topic carbon and nitrogen stable isotope compositions
elevation
Lama glama
late Holocene
Pastoralism
South-Central Andes
spellingShingle carbon and nitrogen stable isotope compositions
elevation
Lama glama
late Holocene
Pastoralism
South-Central Andes
Assessing Prehispanic Herding Strategies through Stable Isotope Analysis: A Case Study from the Dry Puna of Argentina
topic_facet carbon and nitrogen stable isotope compositions
elevation
Lama glama
late Holocene
Pastoralism
South-Central Andes
description The main goal of this work is to study the camelid herding and management strategies employed by the human groups that occupied the Dry Puna of Argentina during the late Holocene. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope compositions were measured on bone collagen from domesticated South American camelids (llamas: Lama glama) recovered at two archaeological sites (Huirunpure and Chayal Cave). These results were interpreted using an already published data set of δ13C and δ15N values measured on bone collagen from modern herds of llamas managed in a traditional way. Our results showed that even though the archaeological sites of Huirunpure and Chayal Cave are located within different settings–at 4020 and 3700 masl respectively – and present different chronologies–0–650 and 1300–1500 CE respectively – the llamas from both sites exhibit similar δ13C and δ15N values. This pattern was explained considering the characteristics of the vegetation communities that grow in the vicinity of both sites as well as the paleoenvironmental records of the Andean highlands. In sum, this work presents and discusses some preliminary results on the study of prehispanic herding practices in the Dry Puna of Argentina during the first 1500 years of the Common Era through stable isotope analysis. © 2018, © Association for Environmental Archaeology 2018.
title Assessing Prehispanic Herding Strategies through Stable Isotope Analysis: A Case Study from the Dry Puna of Argentina
title_short Assessing Prehispanic Herding Strategies through Stable Isotope Analysis: A Case Study from the Dry Puna of Argentina
title_full Assessing Prehispanic Herding Strategies through Stable Isotope Analysis: A Case Study from the Dry Puna of Argentina
title_fullStr Assessing Prehispanic Herding Strategies through Stable Isotope Analysis: A Case Study from the Dry Puna of Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Assessing Prehispanic Herding Strategies through Stable Isotope Analysis: A Case Study from the Dry Puna of Argentina
title_sort assessing prehispanic herding strategies through stable isotope analysis: a case study from the dry puna of argentina
publishDate 2018
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_14614103_v_n_p_Samec
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_14614103_v_n_p_Samec
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