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Early Holocene crop cultivation and landscape modification in Amazonia by Lombardo, Umberto, Iriarte, José, Hilbert, Lautaro, Ruiz-Pérez, Javier, Capriles, José M., Veit, Heinz

“…The onset of plant cultivation is one of the most important cultural transitions in human history 1 – 4 . Southwestern Amazonia has previously been proposed as…”
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Chemical evidence for the use of multiple psychotropic plants in a 1,000-year-old ritual bundle from South America by Miller, Melanie J., Albarracin-Jordan, Juan, Moore, Christine, Capriles, José M.

“…Over several millennia, various native plant species in South America have been used for their healing and psychoactive properties. Chemical analysis of…”
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Evaluating the roles of directed breeding and gene flow in animal domestication by Marshall, Fiona B., Dobney, Keith, Denham, Tim, Capriles, José M.

“…For the last 150 y scholars have focused upon the roles of intentional breeding and genetic isolation as fundamental to understanding the process of animal…”
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The context and meaning of an intact Inca underwater offering from Lake Titicaca by Delaere, Christophe, Capriles, José M.

“…As the Inca Empire expanded across the South American Andes during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries AD, Lake Titicaca became its mythical place of origin…”
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Underwater ritual offerings in the Island of the Sun and the formation of the Tiwanaku state by Delaere, Christophe, Capriles, José M., Stanish, Charles

“…Considerable debate surrounds the economic, political, and ideological systems that constitute primary state formation. Theoretical and empirical research…”
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Quinoa, potatoes, and llamas fueled emergent social complexity in the Lake Titicaca Basin of the Andes by Miller, Melanie J., Kendall, Iain, Capriles, José M., Bruno, Maria C., Evershed, Richard P., Hastorf, Christine A.

“…The Lake Titicaca basin was one of the major centers for cultural development in the ancient world. This lacustrine environment is unique in the high, dry…”
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Pre-Columbian transregional captive rearing of Amazonian parrots in the Atacama Desert by Capriles, José M., Santoro, Calogero M., George, Richard J., Bedregal, Eliana Flores, Kennett, Douglas J., Kistler, Logan, Rothhammer, Francisco

“…The feathers of tropical birds were one of the most significant symbols of economic, social, and sacred status in the pre-Columbian Americas. In the Andes,…”
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A Review of Archaeological and Paleoecological Radiocarbon Dating in Bolivia by Capriles, José M

“…Radiocarbon dating is one of the most useful and widely used chronometric techniques available for archaeologists and other paleo-scientists. Although…”
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p3k14c, a synthetic global database of archaeological radiocarbon dates by Bird, Darcy, Miranda, Lux, Vander Linden, Marc, Robinson, Erick, Bocinsky, R. Kyle, Nicholson, Chris, Capriles, José M., Finley, Judson Byrd, Gayo, Eugenia M., Gil, Adolfo, d’Alpoim Guedes, Jade, Hoggarth, Julie A., Kay, Andrea, Loftus, Emma, Lombardo, Umberto, Mackie, Madeline, Palmisano, Alessio, Solheim, Steinar, Kelly, Robert L., Freeman, Jacob

“…Archaeologists increasingly use large radiocarbon databases to model prehistoric human demography (also termed paleo-demography). Numerous independent…”
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The Bolivian Radiocarbon Database: A Countrywide Compilation of Radiocarbon Dates by Capriles, José M

“…The radiocarbon dating record from sites in the territory that comprises the Plurinational State of Bolivia has been previously included in datasets that are…”
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Archaeobotanical evidence supports indigenous cucurbit long-term use in the Mesoamerican Neotropics by Domic, Alejandra I., VanDerwarker, Amber M., Thakar, Heather B., Hirth, Kenneth, Capriles, José M., Harper, Thomas K., Scheffler, Timothy E., Kistler, Logan, Kennett, Douglas J.

“…The squash family (Cucurbitaceae) contains some of the most important crops cultivated worldwide and has played an important ecological, economic, and cultural…”
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The earliest human occupations in Bolivia: A review of the archaeological evidence by Capriles, José M., Albarracin-Jordan, Juan

“…This paper reviews archaeological research of Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene sites in Bolivia. Given that few projects have explicitly dealt with issues…”
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Multiproxy evidence for leaf-browsing and closed habitats in extinct proboscideans (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from Central Chile by González-Guarda, Erwin, Petermann-Pichincura, Alia, Tornero, Carlos, Domingo, Laura, Agustí, Jordi, Pino, Mario, Abarzúa, Ana M., Capriles, José M., Villavicencio, Natalia A., Labarca, Rafael, Tolorza, Violeta, Sevilla, Paloma, Rivals, Florent

“…Proboscideans are so-called ecosystem engineers and are considered key players in hypotheses about Late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions. However, knowledge…”
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Precipitation variability, vegetation turnover, and anthropogenic disturbance over the last millennium in the Atacama highlands of northern Chile (19°S) by Domic, Alejandra I, de Porras, María Eugenia, Capriles, José M, Zamora-Allendes, Andrés, Ivory, Sarah J, Maldonado, Antonio

“…The Late-Holocene history of hydroclimatic variability in the Atacama Desert offers insights into the effects of precipitation and humans on ecosystems in one…”
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The Rise and Fall of Wiñaymarka: Rethinking Cultural and Environmental Interactions in the Southern Basin of Lake Titicaca by Bruno, Maria C., Capriles, José M., Hastorf, Christine A., Fritz, Sherilyn C., Weide, D. Marie, Domic, Alejandra I., Baker, Paul A.

“…Investigations of how past human societies managed during times of major climate change can inform our understanding of potential human responses to ongoing…”
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Paleoethnobotanical evidence points to agricultural mutualism among early camelid pastoralists of the Andean central Altiplano by Langlie, BrieAnna S., Capriles, José M.

“…Through paleoethnobotanical analysis, we illustrate mutualism between herding and cultivating crops among early Andean mobile pastoralists who lived in the…”
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Landscape Engineering Impacts the Long-Term Stability of Agricultural Populations by Freeman, Jacob, Anderies, John M., Beckman, Noelle G., Robinson, Erick, Baggio, Jacopo A., Bird, Darcy, Nicholson, Christopher, Finley, Judson Byrd, Capriles, José M., Gil, Adolfo F., Byers, David, Gayo, Eugenia, Latorre, Claudio

“…Explaining the stability of human populations provides knowledge for understanding the resilience of human societies to environmental change. Here, we use…”
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Persistent Early to Middle Holocene tropical foraging in southwestern Amazonia by Capriles, José M, Lombardo, Umberto, Maley, Blaine, Zuna, Carlos, Veit, Heinz, Kennett, Douglas J

“…The Amazon witnessed the emergence of complex societies after 2500 years ago that altered tropical landscapes through intensive agriculture and managed aquatic…”
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Palaeo-geoecological significance of Pleistocene trees in the Lluta Valley, Atacama Desert by Veit, Heinz, May, Jan-Hendrik, Madella, Andrea, Delunel, Romain, Schlunegger, Fritz, Szidat, Sönke, Capriles, José M.

“…ABSTRACT In the Lluta Valley, northern Chile, climate is hyperarid and vegetation is restricted to the valley floors and lowermost footslopes. Fossil tree…”
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Consumption of animals beyond diet in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile (13,000–410BP): Comparing rock art motifs and archaeofaunal records by Valenzuela, Daniela, Santoro, Calogero M., Capriles, José M., Quinteros, María José, Peredo, Ronny, Gayo, Eugenia M., Montt, Indira, Sepúlveda, Marcela

“…•Long-term inventory of zoomorphic motifs.•Animals depicted in rock art are not a direct reflection of reality.•Animals represent a selection of the world.•We…”
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