Author Question: The faunal assemblage from the site of Chavn de Huntar, Peru, contains an abundance of leg bones ... (Read 68 times)

waynest · **on:** Jul 20, 2018

The faunal assemblage from the site of Chavn de Huntar, Peru, contains an abundance of leg bones with few cranial and foot bones. This pattern has been explained by

a. large animal disturbance; cranial and foot bone were preferentially carried away from the site by carnivores, while leg bones were left behind.
b. taphonomic processes; bone preservation at high altitude sites is notoriously poor.
c. ch'arki trade; dried llama and alpaca meat on leg bones was traded into the site from high-altitude herding communities.
d. decreasing reliance on camelid meat by residents of the site through time.
e. rapidly decreasing population and the discontinuance of the freez-drying process called ch'arki.

Question 2

Analysis of the archaeofauna from the site of Chavn de Huntar, Peru, indicates

a. a change in diet through time, with increasing reliance on domesticated llamas.
b. a change in diet through time, with increasing reliance on deer and large cats.
c. a decrease in leg bones and an increase in cranial and foot bones through time.
d. extreme carnivore damage to the faunal assemblage, making it impossible to infer any human behavior from the archaeofauna.
e. the people starved to periodic lack of animals during several major droughts.