Wari's imperial influence on local Nasca diet: The stable isotope evidence

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 226-243

  Kellner, Corina M ^a   Schoeninger, Margaret J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios; Diet; Imperial strategies; Maize agriculture; Middle Horizon; Nasca; Peru; Wari

Indexed keywords

EID: 43649084928     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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