Modeling Breastfeeding and Weaning Practices (BWP) on the Coast of Northern Chile's Atacama Desert During the Formative Period

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Erin K.
dc.contributor.authorPestle, William J.
dc.contributor.authorClarot, Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorGallardo, Francisco
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-10T13:14:58Z
dc.date.available2024-01-10T13:14:58Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractStable isotope analysis of bone collagen is frequently employed as a means of studying the breastfeeding and weaning practices (BWP) of archaeological populations. Such studies are strengthened greatly through the application of statistical models that permit precise and model-bound estimates of weaning age, duration, trophic enrichment, and the isotopic characterization of supplementary foods. Here we present the result of a stable isotope (N-15) and Bayesian computational modeling study of bone collagen from human subadults from two coastal cemetery sites located near the mouth of the River Loa in the Atacama Desert. Recent bioarchaeological and paleodemographic research on remains from these marine hunter-gatherer sites, which are contemporary with the Formative Period (1500 BC-AD 400), has found evidence for notably elevated rates of female fertility. Ultimately, we argue that the modeled BWP parameters, which indicate the early introduction of supplementary foods, support an argument of high fertility as gleaned from the bioarchaeological evidence, and that these results provide novel insights into the child-rearing practices of the coastal populations of the Atacama. Indeed, these populations would have seemed to have developed a set of BWP that carefully balanced the biological and economic production/reproduction of the community.
dc.description.funderFONDECYT
dc.description.funderFONDAP
dc.description.funderUniversity of Miami's Beyond the Book Fund
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2024-05-09
dc.format.extent14 páginas
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/15564894.2016.1253047
dc.identifier.eissn1556-1828
dc.identifier.issn1556-4894
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2016.1253047
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/78458
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000418712700005
dc.information.autorucComunicaciones; Gallardo F;S/I;150973
dc.issue.numero4
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido parcial
dc.pagina.final571
dc.pagina.inicio558
dc.publisherROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
dc.revistaJOURNAL OF ISLAND & COASTAL ARCHAEOLOGY
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectarchaeometry
dc.subjectbone
dc.subjecteconomy and subsistence
dc.subjectmortuary remains
dc.subjectSouthern Andes
dc.subjectSTABLE-ISOTOPE
dc.subjectRADIOCARBON MEASUREMENTS
dc.subjectAURICULAR SURFACE
dc.subjectREVISED METHOD
dc.subjectSKELETAL AGE
dc.subjectFERTILITY
dc.subjectCOLLAGEN
dc.subjectINFANT
dc.subjectBONE
dc.subjectRECONSTRUCTION
dc.subject.ods14 Life Below Water
dc.subject.odspa14 Vida submarina
dc.titleModeling Breastfeeding and Weaning Practices (BWP) on the Coast of Northern Chile's Atacama Desert During the Formative Period
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen12
sipa.codpersvinculados150973
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.indexScopus
sipa.trazabilidadCarga SIPA;09-01-2024
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