INVESTIGADORES
CORTEGOSO Valeria
artículos
Título:
Isotopic evidence on human bone for declining maize consumption
Autor/es:
GIL, .A.; VILLALBA, R. ; UGAN, A. ; CORTEGOSO, V. ; NEME, G.; MICHIELI, C. ; NOVELLINO, P. ; DURÁN, V.
Revista:
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Editorial:
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Referencias:
Año: 2014 p. 213 - 227
ISSN:
0305-4403
Resumen:
This paper explores variation in maize consumption among human societies in arid environments of central-western Argentina over the last 2500 years. Increasingly positive human d13C signatures suggest a high intake of C4 resources (maize) until ca. A.D. 1400. After this time, the importance of maize in the diet drops and never reaches pre-Hispanic consumption rates, despite the known importance of maize to Inka and other late-prehistoric societies in the region. This decline appears to be related to colder temperatures during the Little Ice Age from the beginning of the 15th to the mid19th centuries.