Exploring imperial expansion using an isotopic analysis of paleodietary and paleomobility indicators in Chachapoyas, Peru

Abstract

These are the first isotopic data from a Chachapoya site and our research shows evidence for minimal non-local presence in this commingled burial assemblage. The regional diet reconstructed at Los Pinchudos (2850 masl) focused on resources of higher altitude tuber crops, beans, and grains (C ) and terrestrial protein rather than on lower elevation grasses such as maize (C ) as in other highland Andean regions under Inca control. During imperial domination, inhabitants of this region appropriated Inca materials goods but continued to construct tombs in the local manner even though a potentially diverse population was occupying them.

Application of geographic information systems to investigating associations between social status and burial location in medieval Trino Vercellese (Piedmont, Italy)

“…Isoscapes provide a powerful new direction for isotopic studies, including those performed in bioarchaeological contexts (e.g., Schwarcz, White, & Longstaffe, ; West, Bowen, Dawson, & Ku, ). The increasingly more widespread applications of isoscapes in bioarchaeology include the analysis of the geographic distribution of oxygen (Toyne, Church, Coronado Tello, & Morales Gamarra, ) and strontium (Snoeck et al, ) isotope ratios to examine migration patterns.…”

Palaeodiet inferred from pre‐Hispanic and early colonial human remains from Carrizales, Zaña Valley, Peru

“…Using these foundational premises, isotope bioarchaeology has provided critical insights into changes (or lack thereof) in subsistence related to aspects of state formation, consolidation, and decline in the Central Andes and elsewhere. Researchers have been better able to identify patterns of increased maize production and consumption (Finucane, Agurto, & Isbell, 2006;Sandness, 1992), animal husbandry (Szpak et al, 2016), gender-and status-based differences in consumption of high-value foods (Hastorf, 1996;Knudson, Torres-Rouff, & Stojanowski, 2015;Ubelaker, Katzenberg, & Doyon, 1995), resource utilisation in the face of environmental (Knudson et al, 2015;Tung, Miller, DeSantis, Sharp, & Kelly, 2015) and cultural change (Pestle, Torres-Rouff, & Hubbe, 2016), and varying relationships between imperial cores and subject polities (Knudson, Gardella, & Yaeger, 2012;Slovak, 2007;Somerville et al, 2015;Toyne, Church, Coronado Tello, & Morales Gamarra, 2017). This technique is equally promising for reconstructing aspects of Spanish colonisation of the Peruvian coast using a "bottom-up" perspective (Erickson, 1993) that focuses on central aspects of everyday life.…”

Gran Pajatén y su contexto en el paisaje prehispánico Pataz-Abiseo

“…Como tratamos de movimientos poblacionales, sería ideal efectuar un análisis minucioso de muestras osteológicas humanas y marcadores genéticos capaces de informar de las relaciones entre poblaciones y de los orígenes de las poblaciones chachapoya. Las investigaciones en otras regiones andinas por Knudson (2011), Knudson y Blom (2009), Tung (2008 y Sutter y Verano (2006) están bien avanzadas, mientras las investigaciones bioarqueológicas dentro de la región de Chachapoyas, han comenzado recientemente (Gaither et al 2008;Guevara et al 2016, y este volumen;Nystrom 2006Nystrom , 2009Toyne et al 2017). Entre estos, cabe señalar que el análisis de ADN de poblaciones contemporáneas de los Andes nororientales del Peru conducido por Guevara et al (2016) tiene implicaciones importantes para nuestro estudio.…”