From mobile hunter-gatherers to a series of state societies, Mediterranean climate regions
(MED) around the world have been critical areas for human and biological evolution for …

The deep-time dynamics of coupled socio-ecological systems at different spatial scales is
viewed as a key framework to understand trends and mechanisms that have led to the …

The development of isotopic baselines for comparison with paleodietary data is crucial, but
often overlooked. We review the factors affecting the carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) …

Scholars continue to debate the identity of individuals curated as trophy heads in the Nazca
Drainage of southern Peru (c. 1–800 AD). What was the role of trophy heads in Nasca …

This paper explores variation in maize consumption among human societies in arid
environments of central-western Argentina over the last 2500 years. Increasingly positive …

This paper discusses the problems faced when making interpretations of human stable
isotope values due to the various explanatory alternatives that arise when reading …

Archaeological and zooarchaeological data indicate that camelid pastoralism was a
subsistence and economic mainstay of Middle Horizon and more recent cultures in the …

The decline of the Tiwanaku state saw the emergence of two new cultures—Pica‐Tarapacá
and Atacama—during the Late Intermediate Period in northern Chile. Archeological …

In this paper we present stable isotope information (δ13C in bone collagen and apatite, and
δ15N) in order to discuss the significance of maize consumption in the human diets of …

Este estudio estima la composición dietética durante la infancia y la niñez en 71 entierros
de adultos del sitio Machu Picchu, una propiedad real Inca en las montañas de Perú. Esta …