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Middle Holocene intensification and domestication of camelids in north Argentina, as tracked by zooarchaeology and lithics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Gabriel E. J. López  and
Federico Restifo
Gabriel E. J. López
Affiliation:
CONICET – Instituto de Arqueología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 25 de mayo 217, Buenos Aires 1002, Argentina (Email: gabelope@yahoo.com, federicorestifo@gmail.com)
Federico Restifo
Affiliation:
CONICET – Instituto de Arqueología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 25 de mayo 217, Buenos Aires 1002, Argentina (Email: gabelope@yahoo.com, federicorestifo@gmail.com)
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Using a detailed excavated sequence and a broad range of south Andean sites, the authors show that changes in the bones of camelids and in the lithic assemblages offer an account of how animals were intensively exploited and ultimately domesticated between the sixth and fourth millennia BP.

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ArgentinaAndesMiddle Holocenesixth–fourth millennia BPdomesticationcamelidslithics

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Antiquity , Volume 86 , Issue 334 , December 2012 , pp. 1041 - 1054
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2012

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