Dietary diverstiy in the Atacama desert during the Late intermediate period of northern Chile

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dc.contributor.authorAlfonso-Durruty, Marta P.
dc.contributor.authorGayo, Eugenia M.
dc.contributor.authorStanden, Vivien
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Victoria
dc.contributor.authorLatorre, Claudio
dc.contributor.authorSantoro, Calogero M.
dc.contributor.authorValenzuela, Daniela
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T21:12:40Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T21:12:40Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe Pacific Ocean that flanks the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile is one of the richest biomass producers around the world. Thus, it is considered a key factor for the subsistence of prehistoric societies (including mixed-economy groups), that inhabited its coastal ecosystems as well as the neighboring inland areas. This study assesses the Arica Culture groups' diet (Late Intermediate Period; 1000-1530 CE), through stable isotope (on bone-collagen; delta C-13 and delta N-15) and dental pathology data. Seventy-seven (n = 77) individuals from two inland (LLU54 and AZ8) and one coastal (CAMS) archaeological sites were studied. Results show an important, but lower than predicted by earlier studies, contribution of marine resources in the diet of all three groups. Dental pathologies and stable isotopes indicate that these groups' diet varied in correlation with their distance to the Pacific Ocean as well as group and individual preferences. The results challenge the idea that Arica Culture groups depended heavily on marine resources for their subsistence. In contrast, this study shows both that the Arica Culture groups' diet was diverse, and that the terrestrial resources consumed were mostly contributed by C-3/CAM plants instead of maize. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.04.022
dc.identifier.eissn1873-457X
dc.identifier.issn0277-3791
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.04.022
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/100967
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000471738800004
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final67
dc.pagina.inicio54
dc.revistaQuaternary science reviews
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectStable isotopes
dc.subjectDental pathologies
dc.subjectLate intermediate period
dc.subjectAtacama desert
dc.titleDietary diverstiy in the Atacama desert during the Late intermediate period of northern Chile
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen214
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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