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Preceramic Animal Utilization in the Central Peruvian Andes

1976; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 194; Issue: 4264 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/science.194.4264.483

1095-9203

Jane Wheeler Pires-Ferreira, Edgardo Pires-Ferreira, Peter Kaulicke,

Archaeological and Geological Studies

The analysis of animal bones recovered from preceramic period deposits at Uchcumachay Cave and other sites in the Puna of Junín has documented the development of an economy involving primary camelid utilization beginning around 5,500 B.C. and culminating with the appearance of domestic forms between 2,500 and 1,750 B.C. A model that can be used to explain this process in both the Puna of Junín and the Central Andes has been presented.