T A Tung
Biographic Data
| ID | 71424 |
|---|---|
| NAME | T A Tung |
| GIVEN NAMES | T A |
| FAMILY NAME | Tung |
| SIGNATURE | TUNG T A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vanderbilt University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9869-3842 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 38 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 469 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 38 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 13 |
Human-Camelid Interactions in the Wari Hinterlands: A stable isotopic analysis of camelid remains from Auquimarca (600-1000 CE), Huancayo, Peru
Human-camelid interactions and pastoral practices have helped shape social, political, and economic lifeways throughout the history of the Central Andes. However, the methods by which humans managed and utilized camelids in the central highlands during the Middle Horizon (600-1000 CE)–and how those subsistence strategies reflect negotiations between Andean vertical ecologies, local communities, and the expanding Wari Empire–remain unclear. This s…
Geographic insularity and intra-lifetime mobility in Late Intermediate Period (ca. 1000 – 1450 CE) Arequipa, Peru determined from 87Sr/86Sr isobiographies
Reconstructing diet after the fall of the Wari Empire in the central Andean Highlands: A study of human dental calculus
Dental calculus is a sustainable method to reconstruct ancient human diets. • Samples from individuals at the site of Huari in the Ayacucho Basin are analyzed. • Calculus results are compared with collagen and carbonate data from the region. • Results are consistent with other dietary reconstructions from the Ayacucho Basin. Stable isotopes from bones and teeth have been used to reconstruct human lifeways in bioarchaeological research for over 30…
A milpa isotopic foodweb in Tlaxcallan: More than just maize
Dietas De Los Lactantes Y Las Madres en Conchopata: Un Estudio De Isótopos Estables De Carbono Y Oxígeno
El estudio de la dieta en lactantes es importante para la comprensión de la economía política, las prácticas de producción de alimentos y las ideas culturales respecto a alimentación apropiada. En este estudio, se presenta un análisis de los valores de isótopos estables de carbono y oxígeno a través de dentales del sitio arqueológico de Conchopata. Conchopata se ubica en la ciudad actual de Ayacucho, Perú, y fue ocupado en el periodo Intermedio T…
Effects of lipid extraction on human bone collagen: Comparing stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values with and without lipid extraction
This study analyzes 24 human bone fragments to assess how lipid extraction affects stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios. Eighteen samples were archaeological bone and six were modern bone. Each bone was split into two pieces, producing 48 bone samples, and half underwent lipid extraction and half did not. This was done to assess whether the two techniques yielded statistically significant differences in δ13C and δ15N. The results are an impo…
Flexible agropastoral strategies during the 1st millennium CE in southern Peru: Examining yunga Arequipa camelid husbandry practices during Wari expansion through stable isotope analysis (δ13C and δ15…
Twenty-first century bioarchaeology: Taking stock and moving forward
This article presents outcomes from a Workshop entitled "Bioarchaeology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward," which was held at Arizona State University (ASU) on March 6-8, 2020. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the School of Human Evolution and Social Change (ASU), and the Center for Bioarchaeological Research (CBR, ASU), the Workshop's overall goal was to explore reasons why research proposals submitted by bioarchaeologists, both g…
Seasonality or short-term mobility among trophy head victims and villagers: Understanding late-life dietary change in the pre-Hispanic Andes through stable isotope analysis (δ13C/δ15N) of archaeologic…
This study aims to determine whether adults from the site of Uraca in the Lower Majes Valley, Arequipa, Peru altered their diets in late-life—if so, were those short-term changes related to accessing distinct foods during periods of short-term mobility, seasonal subsistence strategies without accompanying mobility, or some other type of short-term change. We address these questions by comparing stable isotope variability (δ13C/δ15N) of Uraca hair…
The character of conflict: A bioarchaeological study of violence in the Nasca highlands of Peru during the Late Intermediate Period (950–1450 C.E.)
OBJECTIVES: This study uses osteological and radiocarbon datasets combined with formal quantitative analyses to test hypotheses concerning the character of conflict in the Nasca highlands during the Late Intermediate Period (LIP, 950-1450 C.E.). We develop and test osteological expectations regarding what patterns should be observed if violence was characterized by intragroup violence, ritual conflict, intermittent raiding, or internecine warfare…
Late Intermediate Period Funerary Traditions, Population Aggregation, and the Ayllu in the Sihuas Valley, Peru
The Late Intermediate period in the south-central Andes is known for the widespread use of open sepulchres called chullpas by descent-based ayllus to claim rights to resources and express idealized notions of how society should be organized. Chullpas, however, were rarer on the coast, with the dead often buried individually in closed tombs. This article documents conditions under which these closed tombs were used at the site of Quilcapampa on th…
Making and Marking Maleness and Valorizing Violence: A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Embodiment in the Andean Past
The unmarked category of man and claims of innate violence have been tightly linked in the public imagination and in much scholarly work, both in views of the past and the present and in how those temporalities mutually inform one another. However, these notions of the naturally violent man eschew the evidence showing how social, political, and other processes interact to make and mark gender and connect narratives about violence with gender and …
Shaping dietary histories: Exploring the relationship between cranial modification and childhood feeding in a high-altitude Andean population (1100-1450 CE)
Constrained Agency while Negotiating Spanish Colonialism: A Bioarchaeological, Isotopic, and Ancient DNA Study of the Vinchos Cave Mummies, Ayacucho, Peru
Spanish colonial rule in Peru was marked by dramatic changes to indigenous mortuary customs, bodily practices, and morbidity profiles. However, that era of transformation was not solely shaped by Spanish policies; Native Andeans creatively negotiated with those newcomers, sculpting novel practices that sometimes integrated, and other times challenged, the Spanish agenda. Theoretical perspectives on the constrained agency of indigenous communities…
Advances in the molecular detection of tuberculosis in pre-contact Andean South America
Endemic violence in a pre‐Hispanic Andean community: A bioarchaeological study of cranial trauma from the Majes Valley, Peru
OBJECTIVES: This study examines violence-related cranial trauma frequencies and wound characteristics in the pre-Hispanic cemetery of Uraca in the lower Majes Valley, Arequipa, Peru, dating to the pre- and early-Wari periods (200-750 CE). Cranial wounds are compared between status and sex-based subgroups to understand how violence shaped, and was shaped by, these aspects of identity, and to reconstruct the social contexts of violence carried out …
The limited efficacy of 3D models for teaching students sex estimations based on cranial traits: A case for investment in osteology teaching labs
The use of 3D digital imaging methods has increased within biological anthropology and medical research. Although digital renderings can be easily shared by researchers or used for student learning modules in osteology, limitations to using 3D models exist, requiring institutions of higher learning to invest in real bones or casts of human skeletal remains for labs. Here, we examine whether 3D digital models are viable proxies for real bones by t…
Stable isotope analysis of a pre‐Hispanic Andean community: Reconstructing pre‐Wari and Wari era diets in the hinterland of the Wari empire, Peru
Objectives Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis is used to reconstruct diet among a pre‐Hispanic population from the Peruvian Andes to evaluate whether local foodways changed with Wari imperial influence in the region. This study also compares local diet to other Wari‐era sites. Materials and methods Samples derive from the site of Beringa in Peru and correspond primarily to pre‐Wari (200–600 CE) and Wari (600–1,000 CE). We examine stable …
Commingled Bodies and Mixed and Communal Identities
The application of 3D geometric morphometrics and laser surface scanning to investigate the standardization of cranial vault modification in the Andes
Gender-Based Violence in the Wari and Post-Wari Era of the Andes
Shifting Local, Regional, and Interregional Relations in Middle Horizon Peru: Evidence from La Real
The Middle Horizon (ca. A.D. 600-1100) was a period of great change in the Andes, with much of Perú connected through long-distance exchange and widely shared Wari styles and practices. Recent research has begun to detail the transformations that occurred within the period, leading to questions about the development of the Wari state and its shifting relationships with outlying areas over time. This article expands this research by exploring the …
Agency, ‘Til Death Do Us Part? Inquiring about the Agency of Dead Bodies from the Ancient Andes
This study argues that people and things, through their interactions with each other, embody different agential capacities and that scholars should evaluate how they are variably effective at structuring the actions of others and at shaping society. This is attempted here through a study of dismembered body parts that, as I argue, remained socially and politically active even in their dismembered state. As such, we can begin to analyse them as em…
Patterns of War in the Andes from the Archaic to the Late Horizon: Insights from Settlement Patterns and Cranial Trauma
Violence, Ritual, and the Wari Empire: A Social Bioarchaeology of Imperialism in the Ancient Andes
The Wari Empire was one of the first politically centralized civilizations in the New World, governing various parts of the Peruvian Andes between ad 600 and 1000. This study of human skeletons reveals the biological and social impact of Wari imperialism on people's lives, particularly its effects on community organization and the frequency of violence of both ruling elites and subjects. The Wari expanded dramatically as a product of its economic…
Patterns of War in the Andes from the Archaic to the Late Horizon: Insights from Settlement Patterns and Cranial Trauma
Trauma and violence in the Wari empire of the Peruvian Andes: Warfare, raids, and ritual fights
This study examines bioarchaeological evidence for violence during the period of Wari imperialism in the Peruvian Andes through analysis of skeletal trauma from three populations dating to AD 650–800. The samples are from contemporaneous archaeological sites: Conchopata, a Wari heartland site in central highland Peru; Beringa, a community of commoners in the Majes valley of the southern Wari hinterland; and La Real, a high status mortuary site, a…
Social Identities and Geographical Origins of Wari Trophy Heads from Conchopata, Peru
The Wari empire (600-1000 CE) of the pre-Hispanic Andes engaged in ritual practices that included the modification and display of human trophy heads, but it is unknown from whom these heads were taken. Of 31 trophy heads from Conchopata, the majority are of adult males, and 42% exhibit cranial trauma, indicating that people whose heads were transformed into trophies commonly experienced violence. Strontium isotope analysis of five adult trophy he…
The origin of the Juch'uypampa Cave mummies: Strontium isotope analysis of archaeological human remains from Bolivia
Identifying locals, migrants, and captives in the Wari Heartland: A bioarchaeological and biogeochemical study of human remains from Conchopata, Peru
Dismembering bodies for display: A bioarchaeological study of trophy heads from the Wari site of Conchopata, Peru
Human trophy heads from the Wari site of Conchopata (AD 600–1000) are examined to evaluate if recently deceased persons or old corpses were used to make trophy heads and determine if the modifications are standardized. Similarly styled trophy heads may suggest state oversight that ensured uniform modifications, while different styles may suggest that various factions or kin groups prepared them to their own specifications. Other studies often int…
Childhood Lost: Abductions, Sacrifice, and Trophy Heads of Children in the Wari Empire of the Ancient Andes
This study examines isolated child skeletal remains from ritual structures at the Wari site of Conchopata (A.D. 600-1000) to evaluate how they were modified into trophy heads and whether the children were sacrificed. The skeletal remains represent at least seven children. Strontium isotope ratios are examined to determine whether children were taken from foreign locales. Results show that the children's skulls exhibit a hole on the apex of the cr…
Investigating regional mobility in the southern hinterland of the Wari empire: Biogeochemistry at the site of Beringa, Peru
Empires have transformed political, social, and environmental landscapes in the past and present. Although much research on archaeological empires focuses on large‐scale imperial processes, we use biogeochemistry and bioarchaeology to investigate how imperialism may have reshaped regional political organization and regional migration patterns in the Wari Empire of the Andean Middle Horizon (ca. AD 600–1000). Radiogenic strontium isotope analysis …
Twenty-first century bioarchaeology: Taking stock and moving forward
This article presents outcomes from a Workshop entitled "Bioarchaeology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward," which was held at Arizona State University (ASU) on March 6-8, 2020. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the School of Human Evolution and Social Change (ASU), and the Center for Bioarchaeological Research (CBR, ASU), the Workshop's overall goal was to explore reasons why research proposals submitted by bioarchaeologists, both g…
Agency, ‘Til Death Do Us Part? Inquiring about the Agency of Dead Bodies from the Ancient Andes
This study argues that people and things, through their interactions with each other, embody different agential capacities and that scholars should evaluate how they are variably effective at structuring the actions of others and at shaping society. This is attempted here through a study of dismembered body parts that, as I argue, remained socially and politically active even in their dismembered state. As such, we can begin to analyse them as em…
Shifting Local, Regional, and Interregional Relations in Middle Horizon Peru: Evidence from La Real
The Middle Horizon (ca. A.D. 600-1100) was a period of great change in the Andes, with much of Perú connected through long-distance exchange and widely shared Wari styles and practices. Recent research has begun to detail the transformations that occurred within the period, leading to questions about the development of the Wari state and its shifting relationships with outlying areas over time. This article expands this research by exploring the …
Violence After Imperial Collapse: A Study of Cranial Trauma Among Late Intermediate Period Burials From the Former Huari Capital, Ayacucho, Peru
This study documents the frequency and patterning of cranial fractures to evaluate the role of violence after Huari imperial collapse. These Late Intermediate Period burials were interred at the Monqachayoq sector at Huari, the former capital of the Huari empire. Twenty-two of 31 adults exhibit healed cranial fractures (71%). Perimortem cranial fractures were observed on 42% of adults (n=31) and 30% of children (n=10). Men, women, and children al…
Making and Marking Maleness and Valorizing Violence: A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Embodiment in the Andean Past
The unmarked category of man and claims of innate violence have been tightly linked in the public imagination and in much scholarly work, both in views of the past and the present and in how those temporalities mutually inform one another. However, these notions of the naturally violent man eschew the evidence showing how social, political, and other processes interact to make and mark gender and connect narratives about violence with gender and …
Biological structure and health implications from tooth size at Mission San Luis de Apalachee
This study analyzes dental metric variation to examine the biological structure of the native population at Mission San Luis de Apalachee, a late 17th century mission located in the Apalachee Province of Spanish colonial Florida. Three topics are addressed: (1) comparison of tooth sizes among adult and subadults, (2) analysis of the bio‐spatial structure of skeletons within the church area, and (3) comparison of phenotypic profiles of individuals…
Endemic violence in a pre‐Hispanic Andean community: A bioarchaeological study of cranial trauma from the Majes Valley, Peru
OBJECTIVES: This study examines violence-related cranial trauma frequencies and wound characteristics in the pre-Hispanic cemetery of Uraca in the lower Majes Valley, Arequipa, Peru, dating to the pre- and early-Wari periods (200-750 CE). Cranial wounds are compared between status and sex-based subgroups to understand how violence shaped, and was shaped by, these aspects of identity, and to reconstruct the social contexts of violence carried out …
Stable isotope analysis of a pre‐Hispanic Andean community: Reconstructing pre‐Wari and Wari era diets in the hinterland of the Wari empire, Peru
Objectives Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis is used to reconstruct diet among a pre‐Hispanic population from the Peruvian Andes to evaluate whether local foodways changed with Wari imperial influence in the region. This study also compares local diet to other Wari‐era sites. Materials and methods Samples derive from the site of Beringa in Peru and correspond primarily to pre‐Wari (200–600 CE) and Wari (600–1,000 CE). We examine stable …
Chronology, mound-building and environment at Huaca Prieta, coastal Peru, from 13 700 to 4000 years ago
Renewed in-depth multi-disciplinary investigation of a large coastal mound settlement in Peru has extended the occupation back more than 7000 years to a first human exploitation ~13720 BP. Research by the authors has chronicled the prehistoric sequence from the activities of the first maritime foragers to the construction of the black mound and the introduction of horticulture and monumentality. The community of Huaca Prieta emerges as innovative…
Genetic continuity after the collapse of the Wari empire: Mitochondrial DNA profiles from Wari and post‐Wari populations in the ancient Andes
The Wari empire flourished in the central, highland Peruvian Andes from AD 600–1000, and although the events that led to its demise are unknown, archaeological evidence indicates that Wari control waned at the end of the first millennium. Here, we test the hypothesis that, despite the major shift in social and political organization at the fall of the Wari empire, the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) composition of populations from the Ayacucho Basin, t…
Late Intermediate Period Funerary Traditions, Population Aggregation, and the Ayllu in the Sihuas Valley, Peru
The Late Intermediate period in the south-central Andes is known for the widespread use of open sepulchres called chullpas by descent-based ayllus to claim rights to resources and express idealized notions of how society should be organized. Chullpas, however, were rarer on the coast, with the dead often buried individually in closed tombs. This article documents conditions under which these closed tombs were used at the site of Quilcapampa on th…
The application of 3D geometric morphometrics and laser surface scanning to investigate the standardization of cranial vault modification in the Andes
The character of conflict: A bioarchaeological study of violence in the Nasca highlands of Peru during the Late Intermediate Period (950–1450 C.E.)
OBJECTIVES: This study uses osteological and radiocarbon datasets combined with formal quantitative analyses to test hypotheses concerning the character of conflict in the Nasca highlands during the Late Intermediate Period (LIP, 950-1450 C.E.). We develop and test osteological expectations regarding what patterns should be observed if violence was characterized by intragroup violence, ritual conflict, intermittent raiding, or internecine warfare…
Shaping dietary histories: Exploring the relationship between cranial modification and childhood feeding in a high-altitude Andean population (1100-1450 CE)
Seasonality or short-term mobility among trophy head victims and villagers: Understanding late-life dietary change in the pre-Hispanic Andes through stable isotope analysis (δ13C/δ15N) of archaeologic…
This study aims to determine whether adults from the site of Uraca in the Lower Majes Valley, Arequipa, Peru altered their diets in late-life—if so, were those short-term changes related to accessing distinct foods during periods of short-term mobility, seasonal subsistence strategies without accompanying mobility, or some other type of short-term change. We address these questions by comparing stable isotope variability (δ13C/δ15N) of Uraca hair…
The limited efficacy of 3D models for teaching students sex estimations based on cranial traits: A case for investment in osteology teaching labs
The use of 3D digital imaging methods has increased within biological anthropology and medical research. Although digital renderings can be easily shared by researchers or used for student learning modules in osteology, limitations to using 3D models exist, requiring institutions of higher learning to invest in real bones or casts of human skeletal remains for labs. Here, we examine whether 3D digital models are viable proxies for real bones by t…
The Cave Burial from Molino-Chilacachi
The origin of the Juch'uypampa Cave mummies: Strontium isotope analysis of archaeological human remains from Bolivia
Biological structure and health implications from tooth size at Mission San Luis de Apalachee
This study analyzes dental metric variation to examine the biological structure of the native population at Mission San Luis de Apalachee, a late 17th century mission located in the Apalachee Province of Spanish colonial Florida. Three topics are addressed: (1) comparison of tooth sizes among adult and subadults, (2) analysis of the bio‐spatial structure of skeletons within the church area, and (3) comparison of phenotypic profiles of individuals…
Trauma and violence in the Wari empire of the Peruvian Andes: Warfare, raids, and ritual fights
This study examines bioarchaeological evidence for violence during the period of Wari imperialism in the Peruvian Andes through analysis of skeletal trauma from three populations dating to AD 650–800. The samples are from contemporaneous archaeological sites: Conchopata, a Wari heartland site in central highland Peru; Beringa, a community of commoners in the Majes valley of the southern Wari hinterland; and La Real, a high status mortuary site, a…
Life on the Move: Bioarchaeological Contributions to the Study of Migration and Diaspora Communities in the Andes
Violence After Imperial Collapse: A Study of Cranial Trauma Among Late Intermediate Period Burials From the Former Huari Capital, Ayacucho, Peru
This study documents the frequency and patterning of cranial fractures to evaluate the role of violence after Huari imperial collapse. These Late Intermediate Period burials were interred at the Monqachayoq sector at Huari, the former capital of the Huari empire. Twenty-two of 31 adults exhibit healed cranial fractures (71%). Perimortem cranial fractures were observed on 42% of adults (n=31) and 30% of children (n=10). Men, women, and children al…
Dismembering bodies for display: A bioarchaeological study of trophy heads from the Wari site of Conchopata, Peru
Human trophy heads from the Wari site of Conchopata (AD 600–1000) are examined to evaluate if recently deceased persons or old corpses were used to make trophy heads and determine if the modifications are standardized. Similarly styled trophy heads may suggest state oversight that ensured uniform modifications, while different styles may suggest that various factions or kin groups prepared them to their own specifications. Other studies often int…
Social Identities and Geographical Origins of Wari Trophy Heads from Conchopata, Peru
The Wari empire (600-1000 CE) of the pre-Hispanic Andes engaged in ritual practices that included the modification and display of human trophy heads, but it is unknown from whom these heads were taken. Of 31 trophy heads from Conchopata, the majority are of adult males, and 42% exhibit cranial trauma, indicating that people whose heads were transformed into trophies commonly experienced violence. Strontium isotope analysis of five adult trophy he…
Genetic continuity after the collapse of the Wari empire: Mitochondrial DNA profiles from Wari and post‐Wari populations in the ancient Andes
The Wari empire flourished in the central, highland Peruvian Andes from AD 600–1000, and although the events that led to its demise are unknown, archaeological evidence indicates that Wari control waned at the end of the first millennium. Here, we test the hypothesis that, despite the major shift in social and political organization at the fall of the Wari empire, the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) composition of populations from the Ayacucho Basin, t…
Childhood Lost: Abductions, Sacrifice, and Trophy Heads of Children in the Wari Empire of the Ancient Andes
This study examines isolated child skeletal remains from ritual structures at the Wari site of Conchopata (A.D. 600-1000) to evaluate how they were modified into trophy heads and whether the children were sacrificed. The skeletal remains represent at least seven children. Strontium isotope ratios are examined to determine whether children were taken from foreign locales. Results show that the children's skulls exhibit a hole on the apex of the cr…
Investigating regional mobility in the southern hinterland of the Wari empire: Biogeochemistry at the site of Beringa, Peru
Empires have transformed political, social, and environmental landscapes in the past and present. Although much research on archaeological empires focuses on large‐scale imperial processes, we use biogeochemistry and bioarchaeology to investigate how imperialism may have reshaped regional political organization and regional migration patterns in the Wari Empire of the Andean Middle Horizon (ca. AD 600–1000). Radiogenic strontium isotope analysis …
Identifying locals, migrants, and captives in the Wari Heartland: A bioarchaeological and biogeochemical study of human remains from Conchopata, Peru
Violence, Ritual, and the Wari Empire: A Social Bioarchaeology of Imperialism in the Ancient Andes
The Wari Empire was one of the first politically centralized civilizations in the New World, governing various parts of the Peruvian Andes between ad 600 and 1000. This study of human skeletons reveals the biological and social impact of Wari imperialism on people's lives, particularly its effects on community organization and the frequency of violence of both ruling elites and subjects. The Wari expanded dramatically as a product of its economic…
Chronology, mound-building and environment at Huaca Prieta, coastal Peru, from 13 700 to 4000 years ago
Renewed in-depth multi-disciplinary investigation of a large coastal mound settlement in Peru has extended the occupation back more than 7000 years to a first human exploitation ~13720 BP. Research by the authors has chronicled the prehistoric sequence from the activities of the first maritime foragers to the construction of the black mound and the introduction of horticulture and monumentality. The community of Huaca Prieta emerges as innovative…
Patterns of War in the Andes from the Archaic to the Late Horizon: Insights from Settlement Patterns and Cranial Trauma
Agency, ‘Til Death Do Us Part? Inquiring about the Agency of Dead Bodies from the Ancient Andes
This study argues that people and things, through their interactions with each other, embody different agential capacities and that scholars should evaluate how they are variably effective at structuring the actions of others and at shaping society. This is attempted here through a study of dismembered body parts that, as I argue, remained socially and politically active even in their dismembered state. As such, we can begin to analyse them as em…
Gender-Based Violence in the Wari and Post-Wari Era of the Andes
Shifting Local, Regional, and Interregional Relations in Middle Horizon Peru: Evidence from La Real
The Middle Horizon (ca. A.D. 600-1100) was a period of great change in the Andes, with much of Perú connected through long-distance exchange and widely shared Wari styles and practices. Recent research has begun to detail the transformations that occurred within the period, leading to questions about the development of the Wari state and its shifting relationships with outlying areas over time. This article expands this research by exploring the …
Commingled Bodies and Mixed and Communal Identities
The application of 3D geometric morphometrics and laser surface scanning to investigate the standardization of cranial vault modification in the Andes
Stable isotope analysis of a pre‐Hispanic Andean community: Reconstructing pre‐Wari and Wari era diets in the hinterland of the Wari empire, Peru
Objectives Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis is used to reconstruct diet among a pre‐Hispanic population from the Peruvian Andes to evaluate whether local foodways changed with Wari imperial influence in the region. This study also compares local diet to other Wari‐era sites. Materials and methods Samples derive from the site of Beringa in Peru and correspond primarily to pre‐Wari (200–600 CE) and Wari (600–1,000 CE). We examine stable …
Constrained Agency while Negotiating Spanish Colonialism: A Bioarchaeological, Isotopic, and Ancient DNA Study of the Vinchos Cave Mummies, Ayacucho, Peru
Spanish colonial rule in Peru was marked by dramatic changes to indigenous mortuary customs, bodily practices, and morbidity profiles. However, that era of transformation was not solely shaped by Spanish policies; Native Andeans creatively negotiated with those newcomers, sculpting novel practices that sometimes integrated, and other times challenged, the Spanish agenda. Theoretical perspectives on the constrained agency of indigenous communities…
Advances in the molecular detection of tuberculosis in pre-contact Andean South America
Endemic violence in a pre‐Hispanic Andean community: A bioarchaeological study of cranial trauma from the Majes Valley, Peru
OBJECTIVES: This study examines violence-related cranial trauma frequencies and wound characteristics in the pre-Hispanic cemetery of Uraca in the lower Majes Valley, Arequipa, Peru, dating to the pre- and early-Wari periods (200-750 CE). Cranial wounds are compared between status and sex-based subgroups to understand how violence shaped, and was shaped by, these aspects of identity, and to reconstruct the social contexts of violence carried out …
The limited efficacy of 3D models for teaching students sex estimations based on cranial traits: A case for investment in osteology teaching labs
The use of 3D digital imaging methods has increased within biological anthropology and medical research. Although digital renderings can be easily shared by researchers or used for student learning modules in osteology, limitations to using 3D models exist, requiring institutions of higher learning to invest in real bones or casts of human skeletal remains for labs. Here, we examine whether 3D digital models are viable proxies for real bones by t…
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