The past two decades have seen a proliferation in bioarchaeological literature on the
identification of scurvy, a disease caused by chronic vitamin C deficiency, in ancient human …

As with most living organisms, human populations respond to climatic, environmental, and
population pressures by transforming their range and subsistence strategies over space and …

Throughout Earth's most extreme environments, such as the Kalahari Desert or the Arctic,
hunter–gatherers found ingenious ways to obtain proteins and sugars provided by plants for …

In this study, we examine the long-term trajectory of violence in societies that inhabited the
coast of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile using three lines of evidence: bioarchaeology …

Abstract The Neolithic or Formative Period in the New World drastically transformed the
mode of production in human societies with the domestication of plants and animals. It …

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

Abstract The Pacific Ocean that flanks the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile is
one of the richest biomass producers around the world. Thus, it is considered a key factor for …

South America is a megadiverse continent that witnessed the domestication, translocation
and cultivation of various plant species from seemingly contrasting ecosystems. It was the …

Along the Pacific coast of South America, including what is now Chilean territory, the coastal
zone has been exploited since the earliest peopling of the continent and marine resources …

In this paper we present and assess human isotopic data (δ 13 C and δ 15 N) available for
Southern Chile. We analyze 24 cases from six different geographical zones, dated 200-1850 …