Abstract
The present study applies a dental morphological perspective to the understanding of the complex pre-contact population history of the South Central Andes, through the detection of the underlying dynamics, and the assessment of the biological ties among groups. It presents an analysis of 1591 individuals from 66 sites that date from the Archaic to the Late Intermediate phases from Bolivia, Chile and Peru. The results suggest this area is characterized by significant movement of people and cultures and, at the same time, by long standing population continuity, and highlight the need for wider perspectives capable of taking into account both the different micro-regional realities and the region in its entirety.
Publication types
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Historical Article
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Archaeology
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Bolivia
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Chile
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Female
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Fossils
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History, Ancient
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Human Migration / history*
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Humans
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Indians, South American
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Male
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Peru
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Population Dynamics / history*
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Tooth
Grants and funding
(ACoppa) The exchange program for professors of the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) within the framework of the “IV Executive program of the Cultural Agreement between the Government of the Italian Republic and the Government of the Republic of Peru for the years 2002-2006”. (ACoppa) and (ML) PRIN Project (Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Università e della Ricerca) “A multi-species genomic approach to assess pre- and post-Columbian population dynamics in South America” Grant N.: 20174BTC4R. (ACoppa) and (ML) H2020 Programme ARIADNEplus project, contract no. H2020-INFRAIA-2018-1-823914. (ACucina) CONACyT grant CB-2017-2018-A1-S-10037. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.