The interior frontier: Exchange and interculturation in the Formative period (1000 B.C.-A.D. 400) of Quillagua, Antofagasta region, northern Chile

Pestle, William J.; Torres‐Rouff, Christina; Gallardo, Francisco; Cabello, Gloria; Smith, Erin K.; Clarot, Alejandro

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2019.03.014

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“…These recent Bayesian approaches "offer a powerful means to interpret data because they can incorporate prior information, integrate across sources of uncertainty and explicitly compare the strength of support for competing models or parameter values" [53]. The substantial potential of these methods for addressing questions of significant paleodietary interest has consequently resulted in their increased use in the South-Central Andes (e.g., [57][58][59][60][61][62]).…”

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Temporal, spatial and gender-based dietary differences in middle period San Pedro de Atacama, Chile: A model-based approach

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To explore the possible emergence and lived consequences of social inequality in the Atacama, we analyzed a large set (n = 288) of incredibly well preserved and contextualized human skeletons from the broad Middle Period (AD 500–1000) of the San Pedro de Atacama (Chile) oases. In this work, we explore model-based paleodietary reconstruction of the results of stable isotope analysis of human bone collagen and hydroxyapatite. The results of this modeling are used to explore local phenomena, the nature of the Middle Period, and the interaction between local situations and the larger world in which the oases were enmeshed by identifying the temporal, spatial, and biocultural correlates and dimensions of dietary difference. Our analyses revealed that: 1) over the 600-year period represented by our sample, there were significant changes in consumption patterns that may evince broad diachronic changes in the structure of Atacameño society, and 2) at/near 600 calAD, there was a possible episode of social discontinuity that manifested in significant changes in consumption practices. Additionally, while there were some differences in the level of internal dietary variability among the ayllus, once time was fully considered, none of the ayllus stood out for having a more (or less) clearly internally differentiated cuisine. Finally, sex does not appear to have been a particularly salient driver of observed dietary differences here. While we do not see any de facto evidence for complete dietary differentiation (as there is always overlap in consumption among individuals, ayllus, and time periods, and as isotopic analysis is not capable of pinpointing different foods items or preparations), there are broad aspects of dietary composition changing over time that are potentially linked to status, and foreignness. Ultimately, these stand as the clearest example of what has been termed “gastro-politics,” potentially tied to the emergence of social inequality in the San Pedro oases.

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Temporal, spatial and gender-based dietary differences in middle period San Pedro de Atacama, Chile: A model-based approach

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“…For these purposes, we consider the two sites, which sit ~10 km apart, jointly. The present work adds 19 individuals to a previously published sample of 12 individuals from Ancachi/Quillagua (Pestle, Torres‐Rouff, Gallardo Ibanez, Andrea Cabello, & Smith, ). Ultimately, we consider both the internal variability and structure of the paleodiet of these individuals and then position them against a larger regional sample of nearly 200 previously analyzed individuals from the Formative Period (Pestle, ; Pestle, Torres‐Rouff, Hubbe, Santana, Pimentel, Gallardo, & Knudson, ; Pestle, Torres‐Rouff, Gallardo, Ballester, & Clarot, ).…”

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“…This multisource mixture modeling technique is one of several developed with the hope of better bounding estimates of food source contribution. Indeed, recent southern Andean attempts (Andrade et al, ; Pestle et al, ; Pestle, Torres‐Rouff, & Hubbe, ; Pestle, Torres‐Rouff, Hubbe, & Smith, ) at modeling have tended to use this, or similar, Bayesian approaches, which accommodate underdetermined systems (those with more than n + 1 sources), and also allow for the incorporation of priors (Fernandes et al, ; Moore & Semmens, ; Parnell, Inger, Bearhop, & Jackson, ). These approaches “offer a powerful means to interpret data because they can incorporate prior information, integrate across sources of uncertainty and explicitly compare the strength of support for competing models or parameter values,” (Moore & Semmens, : p. 471).…”

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An isotopic study of dietary diversity in formative period Ancachi/Quillagua, Atacama Desert, northern Chile

Pinder

Gallardo

Cabello

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American J Phys Anthropol

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Objectives: To characterize the paleodiet of individuals from Formative Period (1500 B.C.-A.D. 400) Atacama Desert sites of Ancachi and Quillagua as a means of understanding the dietary and cultural impacts of regional systems of exchange. Materials and methods: Thirty-one bone samples recovered from the cemetery of Ancachi (02QU175) and in/around the nearby town of Quillagua were the subject of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of bone collagen and hydroxyapatite and multisource mixture modeling (FRUITS, food reconstruction using isotopic transferred signals) of paleodiet. These individuals were compared with nearly 200 other Formative Period individuals from throughout the region to identify differences in dietary behaviors. Results: 80.6% (25/31) of the samples yielded sufficient well-preserved collagen and were included in the multisource mixture model. The FRUITS model, which compared individuals with a robust database of available foods from the region, identified a wide diversity of diets in the Ancachi/Quillagua area (including both coastal and interior individuals), and, most notably, thirteen individuals who consumed an average of 11.2 ± 1.9% terrestrial animals, 19.8 ± 1.9% legumes, and 22.5 ± 3.1% marine fauna, a balanced pattern of protein consumption distinct from both the coastal and inland individuals in our larger regional sample. Conclusions:The combination of stable isotope analysis and multisource mixture modeling permitted the characterization of dietary behavior of 25 individuals from nodal sites in the Atacama Desert, thus enhancing our understanding of the economic and social relationships that bound together Formative Period sites, populations, and individuals in this hyperarid region.

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“…Más tarde, continuaron las investigaciones arqueológicas en el valle de la mano de los/as mismos/as y de nuevos/as investigadores/as (p.e. Gallardo 2019; Gallardo y Odone 2019; García et al 2012;Méndez-Quiroz y Vidal 2010;Pestle et al 2019;Pinder et al 2019;Santana et al 2015).…”

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El viaje a Quillagua de Ricardo Latcham en 1932: notas y reflexiones desde un manuscrito inédito

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2021

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Este artículo trae a la luz un manuscrito inédito del arqueólogo Ricardo Latcham, proveyendo además de una descripción del mismo y de un contexto contemporáneo sobre las investigaciones arqueológicas realizadas en el oasis de Quillagua, norte de Chile. Latcham excavó diversos cementerios en esta localidad el año 1932, los cuales abarcaban distintos períodos prehispánicos y fueron en gran medida la base para su posterior libro sobre arqueología atacameña. Dichas colecciones están depositadas en el Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, institución de la cual Latcham fue su director. El manuscrito presentado aquí es una versión extendida y más completa del artículo Notas preliminares de un viaje arqueológico a Quillagua (Latcham 1933), el cual describe en detalle los contextos excavados y los materiales obtenidos de varias de las sepulturas de Quillagua. Esta es una información única y relevante para dar nuevo significado e interpretación a los contextos arqueológicos excavados por Latcham, una fuente primaria invaluable para investigaciones futuras.

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The interior frontier: Exchange and interculturation in the Formative period (1000 B.C.-A.D. 400) of Quillagua, Antofagasta region, northern Chile

Cited by 13 publications

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Temporal, spatial and gender-based dietary differences in middle period San Pedro de Atacama, Chile: A model-based approach

Temporal, spatial and gender-based dietary differences in middle period San Pedro de Atacama, Chile: A model-based approach

An isotopic study of dietary diversity in formative period Ancachi/Quillagua, Atacama Desert, northern Chile

El viaje a Quillagua de Ricardo Latcham en 1932: notas y reflexiones desde un manuscrito inédito

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