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• Human occupations and climate change in the Puna de Atacama, Chile. (Reports)

  Authors:Lautaro Nunez, Martin Grosjean, and Isabel CartajenaFrom:Science (Vol. 298, Issue 5594) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 25, 20022,323 words Article Widespread evidence for human occupation of the Atacama Desert, 20[degrees] to 25[degrees]S in northern Chile, has been found from 13,000 calibrated [sup.14]C years before the present (cal yr B.P.) to 9500 cal yr B.P.,...

• El templete tulan de la Puna de atacama: emergencia de complejidad ritual durante el formativo temprano (Norte de Chile)

  Authors:Lautaro Nunez, Isabel Cartajena, Carlos Carrasco, and Patricio de SouzaFrom:Latin American Antiquity (Vol. 17, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20069,635 words Article 1960LThis essay reports on the excavation of a temple structure found in a stratified mound in the western highlands of the Atacama Puna. The structure is at the center of a pastoral settlement dating to between 2630 [+ or...

• The temple of Tulan-54: Early Formative ceremonial architecture in the Atacama Desert

  Authors:Lautaro Nunez, Isabel Cartajena, Carlos Carrasco, Patricio Lopez Mendoza, Patricio de Souza, Francisco Rivera, et al.From:Antiquity (Vol. 91, Issue 358) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20175,723 words Article 1250LUnique among its kind in the Atacama Desert, the temple of Tulan-54 is a key site of the Early Formative period. Evidence of ceremonies and ritual activities, such as feasts and offerings, demonstrates that Tuldn-54 was...

• Ancient DNA reveals the lost domestication history of South American camelids in Northern Chile and across the Andes.

  Authors:Paloma Diaz-Maroto, Alba Rey-Iglesia, Isabel Cartajena, Lautaro Núñez, Michael V Westbury, Valeria Varas, et al.From:eLife (Vol. 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 16, 202119,175 words Article 1520LThe study of South American camelids and their domestication is a highly debated topic in zooarchaeology. Identifying the domestic species (alpaca and llama) in archaeological sites based solely on morphological data is...