Faunal Remains from Paloma, An Archaic Site in Peru
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Anthropologist
- Vol. 90 (2) , 310-322
- https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1988.90.2.02a00040
Abstract
The Archaic village of Paloma is located in the Chilca valley on the coast of Peru. Study of probability samples collected with fine‐meshed screens from six units has produced a sample containing 6,152 bones and shells weighing 574.54 gm, and included the remains of at least 132 vertebrate and 295 invertebrate individuals. Marine vertebrates and invertebrates comprised 98% of the individuals and contributed 90% of the biomass. Analysis of these remains suggests that marine resources were a major source of food.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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