From Gustavo Politis, one of the most renowned South American archaeologists, comes the
first in-depth study in English of the last “undiscovered” people of the Amazon. His work is …

Organic fertilizers have the capacity to alter the nitrogen isotopic composition of plants.
Camelid dung and seabird guano are two potentially important fertilizers in the agricultural …

El objetivo del trabajo es contribuir al conocimiento de la arquitectura del pastoreo en los
Andes. El foco regional del estudio es Huancar en el Departamento Susques (Jujuy …

Biogeographical studies of migration and mobility in archaeology and bioarchaeology rely
on accurately characterizing local 87 Sr/86 Sr ranges, either through baseline studies or by …

Differing interpretations regarding the organization of past intensive farming are often
distinguished as “top-down” or “bottom-up” perspectives. The development of intensive …

This study presents carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions for bone collagen and
serially sampled hair from a large collection of South American camelids from two Early …

In this book, Kenneth Hirth provides a comparative view of the organization of ancient and
premodern society and economy. Hirth establishes that humans adapted to their …

The feathers of tropical birds were one of the most significant symbols of economic, social,
and sacred status in the pre-Columbian Americas. In the Andes, finely produced clothing …

Resumen PIMENTEL G, Gonzalo. HUACAS, WAYSIDE SHRINES: CEREMONIAL
ARCHITECTURE IN PREHISPANIC TRADE ROUTES OF THE ATACAMA DESERT. Bol …

The importance of interregional trade for prehispanic people in the southern Andes was
recognized since the beginning of archaeological research (Boman, 1991 [1908]; Latcham …