Migration and maize in the Virú Valley

Understanding life histories through multi‐tissue carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and strontium isotope analyses

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8317490
AutoresCorrie Hyland (0000-0003-3531-1880, School of Archaeology University of Oxford Oxford UK, autor de correspondencia), Jean-François Millaire (0000-0002-8074-5912, Western University), Jean‐François Millaire (Department of Anthropology The University of Western Ontario London Ontario Canada), P Szpak (0000-0002-1364-6834, Department of Anthropology Trent University Peterborough Ontario Canada)
Año2021
Volumen176
Número1
Páginas21-35
Fecha de publicación2021-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.24271
PMID33733485
OpenAlexW3139064642
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas62

Objectives Stable isotope analysis can provide crucial insight into the function and development of early state‐level societies on the north coast of Peru. Materials and Methods 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. Results Non‐seasonal changes in a predominantly C 4 ‐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 3 ‐terrestrial resources to their diet and an 87 Sr/ 86 Sr value suggestive of highland residence during childhood. Discussion 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 4 terrestrial resources to the developing Virú polity during the early intermediate period

Archaeology · Biology · Carbon fibers · Geography · Isotope · Isotopes of carbon · Isotopes of strontium · Nitrogen · Radionuclide · Strontium · Strontium-90 · Sulfur · Total organic carbon · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chemistry · Ecology · Environmental Science · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Materials Science · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies