This paper examines relationships between the social structure of a community and the
health of its members, based on analysis of human skeletal remains (N= 64) from Villa El …

Sociocultural concepts associated with sickness can profoundly influence social processes
and individual experiences of disease. Here, we consider the role of sociocultural beliefs …

The relationship between food production and the development of complex societies has
been an important focus of anthropological research in Peru, where maize traditionally was …

The last 10,000 years have witnessed a handful of major adaptive transitions experienced
by the human species, the most recent, rapid, and violent of which was contact between …

Abstract The South American Archaeological Isotopic Database (SAAID) is a comprehensive
open-access resource that aggregates all available bioarchaeological stable and radiogenic …

Actualmente existe un contexto más favorable para la aplicación de técnicas
arqueométricas en el Perú, por lo que es oportuna una revisión exhaustiva de su posible …

This article explores religion, death, and mortuary practices in the Southern Moche (AD 1-
800) periphery as viewed through the excavation of grave contexts at the site of …

The enactment of physical violence, whether between individuals from the same group, or
organized conflict between groups, carries an inherent risk of life and limb. In spite of these …

Abstract The Tablada de Lurín cemetery (200 BC–AD 200; Lima, Peru) is characterised by
two mortuary phases. Based on associated grave finds and the lack of habitation sites near …

En este estudio se reportan los resultados más recientes de la investigación arqueológica
llevada a cabo en el norte de Sudamérica, particularmente en la depresión momposina …