INVESTIGADORES
PANARELLO Hector Osvaldo
capítulos de libros
Título:
VARIACIONES DEL CARBONO-13 EN EL CABELLO DE LA MOMIA DE CHUSCHA. COMPARACIÓN CON LA MOMIA DEL ACONCAGUA
Autor/es:
PANARELLO, H.O.
Libro:
El Santuario Incaico del Nevado de Chuscha
Editorial:
Fundacion Ceppa
Referencias:
Lugar: Mendoza, Argentina; Año: 2004; p. 137 - 144
Resumen:
ABSTRACT
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13C content of hair in
well-preserved mummies is an excellent tool to trace the palaeodiet of the
so-called messengers of deities i.e. children sacrificed in order to
calm the anger of gods.
Different behaviors are found in the diet of the Chuscha and the Aconcagua mummies.
The former shows a barely descendent pattern, while the latter exhibits
a cyclical one.
One probable explanation is the different place where mummies originally
lived: near the sanctuary of sacrifice that of the mount Aconcagua
and the Chuscha one in a distant zone. The discussion about the ethnical origin
of individuals continues. Taking into account that 13C
of C4 plants can be indistinguishable from that of certain marine
foods; futures studies involving d15N and d34S will help to determine the relative
contribution of every sources of feeding.
