The Biological Relatedness between the Salinar (400 BC–AD 100) and Other Prehistoric Populations of the North Coast of Peru: A First Approximation Using Nonmetric Dental Traits

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Peering into the Night: Transition, Sociopolitical Organization, and Economic Dynamics after the Dusk of Chavín in the North Central Andes" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Following the demise of the Early Horizon (800–200 BC) and Chavín influence in the Central Andes, archaeologists—historically—have hypothesized that cultural changes on the north coast of Peru, such as the “White-on-Red” cultural traditions, as well as the Salinar, were due to an influx of highland peoples. We test this hypothesis through biodistance comparisons of Salinar skeletal populations from the Moche Valley to other populations from the region using genetically influenced tooth trait frequencies. Preliminary results support the hypothesis that there was an influx of people into the region sometime leading up to the terminal Early Horizon Salinar era (400 BC–AD 100), who interbred with preexisting Late Preceramic (2100–1800 BC) and Initial period (1800–800 BC) coastal peoples. The implications of these results are discussed.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• Peering into the Night: Transition, Sociopolitical Organization, and Economic Dynamics after the Dusk of Chavín in the North Central Andes

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Abstract Id(s): 32370