First dendroarchaeological dates of prehistoric contexts in South America: Chullpas in the Central Andes

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2393-2401

  Morales, Mariano S ^a   Nielsen, Axel E ^b   Villalba, Ricardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ancestor cults; Andean archaeology; Chullpas; Dendroarchaeology; Polylepis tarapacana

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PREHISTORIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; TREE RING;

ALTIPLANO; BOLIVIA;

POLYLEPIS TARAPACANA;

EID: 84874348558     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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