INVESTIGADORES
NEME Gustavo Adolfo
artículos
Título:
Isotipic evidence on human bone for declining maize consumption during the little ice age in central western Argentina
Autor/es:
GIL, ADOLFO; VILLALBA, R.; UGAN, ANDREW; CORTEGOSO, VALERIA; NEME, G.; MICHIELI, CATALINA TERESA; NOVELLINO, PAULA; DURÁN, VÍCTOR
Revista:
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Editorial:
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Referencias:
Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2014 vol. 49 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 δ13C signatures suggest a high intake of C4 resources (maize) until ca. 1400 year AD. 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 Inca 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 rather than the changes in precipitation or extended periods of drought.
