VARIATION IN DIETARY HISTORIES AMONG THE IMMIGRANTS OF MACHU PICCHU: CARBON AND NITROGEN ISOTOPE EVIDENCE

VARIATION IN DIETARY HISTORIES AMONG THE IMMIGRANTS OF MACHU PICCHU: CARBON AND NITROGEN ISOTOPE EVIDENCE

This study estimates dietary composition during infancy and childhood among 71 adults interred at the site of Machu Picchu, a royal Inca estate in the southern highlands of Peru. Recent research suggests that the majority of individuals were members of the cosmopolitian yana and aclla servant classe...

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Main Authors: Turner,Bethany L, Kingston,John D, Armelagos,George J
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Tarapacá. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas. Departamento de Antropología 2010
Subjects:
Stable isotopes
teeth
Inca
paleodiet
Precolumbian Andes
Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-73562010000200012
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