Llamas may have been domesticated in the semi-arid North of Chile prior to the Incas, according to multi-proxy analysis of early camelid remains
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Llamas may have been domesticated in the semi-arid North of Chile prior to the Incas, according to multi-proxy analysis of early camelid remains
Article URL: https://plos.io/4mzZabZ
Article title: Multi-proxy analysis of El Olivar camelids (1,090-1,440 cal AD): Evaluating the presence of llamas (Lama glama, Linnaeus 1758) in the Semiarid North of Chile before the arrival of the Inca
Author countries: Chile, Denmark, Argentina
Funding: Work funded by the El Olivar Archaeological Project. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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Article URL: https://plos.io/4mzZabZ
Article title: Multi-proxy analysis of El Olivar camelids (1,090-1,440 cal AD): Evaluating the presence of llamas (Lama glama, Linnaeus 1758) in the Semiarid North of Chile before the arrival of the Inca
Author countries: Chile, Denmark, Argentina
Funding: Work funded by the El Olivar Archaeological Project. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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