Hunter-gatherers on the Eve of agriculture: Investigations at Soro Mik'aya Patjxa, Lake Titicaca Basin, Peru, 8000-6700 BP

Antiquity

Volumn 89, Issue 348, 2015, Pages 1297-1312

  Haas, W Randall ^a,b   Llave, Carlos Viviano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Collasuyo Archaeological Research Institute ^*  (Peru)

^c Ministerio de Cultura   (Peru)

Author keywords

artificial cranial modification; hunter gatherers; interpersonal violence; mobility; Peru

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976592586     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2015.100     Document Type: Article

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