Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic analyses (Other Keyword)

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Pre-Columbian diet and subsistence strategies in the Aconcagua Valley of central Chile, from the Early Ceramic to Late Periods: Evidence from stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopic analyses. (2017)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jaime Swift. Rick Schulting. Juanita Oyanedel Perez. Violeta Abarca Labra. Nicole Fuenzalida Bahamondes.

This research documents past diet and subsistence strategies of the pre-Columbian ceramic societies in the Aconcagua Valley of central Chile. We aim to characterize the late Holocene cultural, social and economic interactions of this geographically strategic zone between the semi-arid north and more fertile central Chile. Dynamic changes over the past two millennia include the establishment of culturally heterogeneous enclaves from the north alongside local populations. The broader region of...