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- Title
Pruebas zooarqueológicas e isotópicas de crianza local de camélidos en la Zona Urbana Moche de los complejos arqueológicos Huacas del Sol y la Luna en Trujillo (Perú).
- Authors
Vásquez Sánchez, Víctor F.; Rosales Tham, Teresa E.; Fraile, Isabel Rey; Dorado, Gabriel
- Abstract
The isotopic δ13C and δ15N zooarchaeological data obtained from the first phalanges of llama (Lama glama) and alpaca (Lama pacos) from the Moche Urban Zone (MUZ) of the Huaca de la Luna archaeological complex (Moche Valley) shows a consumption of marine plants (possibly algae) and C4 plants from the Hills area, at the east of Huaca de la Luna. There are no isotopic evidences of C3 plant consumption by such camelids. This strengthens the hypothesis of a local breeding of mixed camelid herds during the Moche Period at Huaca de la Luna in Peru.
- Subjects
PERU; PHALANGES; LLAMAS; ALPACA; ANIMAL feeding behavior; CAMELIDAE; HUACA de la Luna Site (Peru)
- Publication
Archaeobios, 2012, Vol 6, Issue 1, p19
- ISSN
1996-5214
- Publication type
Article