TY - JOUR
T1 - Fish remains from the Formative Period (1000 BC-AD 400) of Lake Titicaca, Bolivia
T2 - Zooarchaeology and taphonomy
AU - Capriles, José M.
AU - Domic, Alejandra I.
AU - Moore, Katherine M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The 2003 excavations at Kala Uyuni were directed by Christine Hastorf and Matthew Bandy and supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (BCS Archaeology 0234011), the Vice-Ministry of Culture of Bolivia, and the Aymara Community of Coacollu. The Bolivian Collection of Fauna and particularly Jaime Sarmiento and Soraya Barrera facilitated the identification of fish remains. Juan Albarracin-Jordan, David Browman, Maria Bruno, Gerardo Camilo, Eliana Flores, Fiona Marshall, and the participants of the Neotropical Zooarchaeology Symposium, in particular, Mariana Mondini and Sebastian Muñoz, offered productive comments on a previous version of this paper. Finally, we thank Phillipe Béarez and Susan deFrance for offering important corrections and comments to improve the paper. We remain solely responsible for the contents of this paper.
PY - 2008/3
Y1 - 2008/3
N2 - This paper presents a detailed zooarchaeological study of fish remains from the site of Kala Uyuni, Bolivia. The fish remains of 31 flotation samples from different archaeological contexts and dated to the Formative Period (1000 BC-AD 400) are described in terms of frequency, weight, taxa distribution, sizes, skeletal representations, and exposure to heat. The results confirm the importance of fish in the diet of the inhabitants of the site and provide insights about the particularities of their exploitation, consumption, and differential discard across the site throughout time. A strong decline in the procurement and consumption of fish is observed for the Late Formative which seems to be a consequence of both environmental and social processes.
AB - This paper presents a detailed zooarchaeological study of fish remains from the site of Kala Uyuni, Bolivia. The fish remains of 31 flotation samples from different archaeological contexts and dated to the Formative Period (1000 BC-AD 400) are described in terms of frequency, weight, taxa distribution, sizes, skeletal representations, and exposure to heat. The results confirm the importance of fish in the diet of the inhabitants of the site and provide insights about the particularities of their exploitation, consumption, and differential discard across the site throughout time. A strong decline in the procurement and consumption of fish is observed for the Late Formative which seems to be a consequence of both environmental and social processes.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.022
DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.022
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:41949100203
SN - 1040-6182
VL - 180
SP - 115
EP - 126
JO - Quaternary International
JF - Quaternary International
IS - 1
ER -