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Why fish when you could farm? A stable isotope analysis of changing diet and ritual killing in the Virú Valley, Peru

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Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Hyland, Corrie Hendrika Teuna, Thesis advisor (ths): Szpak, Paul, Degree committee member (dgc): Williams, Jocelyn, Degree committee member (dgc): Haines, Helen R, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses were performed on individuals from the Virú Valley, Peru to better understand the people and society in this region of early-state development. This analysis also sheds light on the lives of individuals from a ritual killing event at Huaca Santa Clara. Bone collagen stable isotope analysis revealed that all individuals had diets predominantly… more
Full Text: WHY FISH WHEN YOU COULD FARM? A STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF CHANGING DIET AND RITUAL KILLING IN THE VIRÚ VALLEY, PERU A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the …