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On ch'arki consumption in the ancient central Andes: a cautionary note

dc.contributor.authorValdez, Lidio M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-15
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T00:00:34Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T00:00:34Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.description.abstractRecently, Andeanist zooarchaeologists have introduced the so-called "ch'arki effect": a taphonomic factor to explain the disproportional occurrence of some camelid skeletal parts at archaeological sites. Briefly, it has been argued that the lower frequency of head and foot bones is the by-product of ch 'arki (dried meat) exchange and therefore indicative of ch 'arki consumption. This generalization, however, is problematic. When fresh meat is distributed (by trade) and consumed, exactly the same pattern as with charki distribution is produced. To infer ch'arki consumption on the basis of the absence of head and lower limb bones is therefore misleading.
dc.description.urihttps://library.macewan.ca/cgi-bin/SFX/url.pl/9J5
dc.identifier.citationValdez, Lidio M. "On Ch'arki Consumption in the Ancient Central Andes: A Cautionary Note." American Antiquity 65, no. 3 (2000): 567-72. doi:10.2307/2694536.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2307/2694536
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/1091
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectbones
dc.subjectzooarchaeology
dc.subjectarchaeological sites
dc.subjectethnoarchaeology
dc.titleOn ch'arki consumption in the ancient central Andes: a cautionary noteen
dc.typeArticle

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