Between domestic trash and intentional deposits at La Banda, Chavin de Huantar, Peru.

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Scaling New Heights: Recent Advances in Andean Zooarchaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In this paper, I will present some of the zooarchaeological material recovered in the last two seasons of excavations at La Banda sector in Chavin de Huantar. La Banda appears to have different areas, including a workshop, multi-purpose rooms, and a recently discovered large-stone long platform. Bone tools, decorated bone ornaments, and at least one exotic skull were found among the material that was recovered associated with the platform walls. What is the nature of these deposits? Comparison with other deposits excavated in La Banda and in the main monumental area of Chavin should shed light on the composition, variation, and reasons of these deposits.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Scaling New Heights: Recent Advances in Andean Zooarchaeology   •
• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)

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Abstract Id(s): 51124