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Hyland, Corrie; Millaire, Jean‐François; Szpak, Paul

Migration and maize in the Virú Valley: Understanding life histories through multi‐tissue carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and strontium isotope analyses

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  • Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Migration and maize in the Virú Valley: Understanding life histories through multi‐tissue carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and strontium isotope analyses
  • Beteiligte: Hyland, Corrie; Millaire, Jean‐François; Szpak, Paul
  • Erschienen: Wiley, 2021
  • Erschienen in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24271
  • ISSN: 0002-9483; 1096-8644
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives</jats:title><jats:p>Stable isotope analysis can provide crucial insight into the function and development of early state‐level societies on the north coast of Peru.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and Methods</jats:title><jats:p>Multi‐tissue (bone collagen, tooth enamel, hair, nail, skin, and tendon) stable isotope analyses (carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and strontium) were conducted for 13 individuals from the lower Virú Valley.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>Non‐seasonal changes in a predominantly C<jats:sub>4</jats:sub>‐based terrestrial diet, with minimal inputs of marine foods were identified. One individual (Burial 5), however, had a stable isotope signature unlike any previously found on the north coast of Peru, indicating both a large contribution of C<jats:sub>3</jats:sub>‐terrestrial resources to their diet and an <jats:sup>87</jats:sup>Sr/<jats:sup>86</jats:sup>Sr value suggestive of highland residence during childhood.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion</jats:title><jats:p>This research provides the first strong stable isotope evidence of a highland individual within a coastal burial in northern Peru, new insight into the ritual killing event at Huaca Santa Clara during the late middle horizon and supporting evidence of the importance of C<jats:sub>4</jats:sub> terrestrial resources to the developing Virú polity during the early intermediate period.</jats:p></jats:sec>