The processcs involed in increasing social complexity have been studied archacologicallythrough several approaches.One of them is the study of interpersonal violence. Violence has beenassociared with nwe forms of social structure, inter-community competition for scarce resources and new forms of political practice. In the Central Andes, it is likely that tha¿e process of transition from egalitarian to ranked societies would have occurred during the Formative perios(1800-1BC). Using osteological markers, this paper approach's the rypes of violence ande their impact on 30 individuals of the Salinar phase(400-1BC) of the puemape site on the Peruvian north coast.For comparative issues,we analyze two earlier populations at the site (Early Puemape,MNI=26 and Middle Puemape,MNI=29) adn others of the region. Higher frequencies of trauma in males (25%cranial and30% facialinjuries and other types...

The processcs involed in increasing social complexity have been studied archacologicallythrough several approaches.One of them is the study of interpersonal violence. Violence has beenassociared with nwe forms of social structure, inter-community competition for scarce resources and new forms of political practice. In the Central Andes, it is likely that tha¿e process of transition from egalitarian to ranked societies would have occurred during the Formative perios(1800-1BC). Using osteological markers, this paper approach's the rypes of violence ande their impact on 30 individuals of the Salinar phase(400-1BC) of the puemape site on the Peruvian north coast.For comparative issues,we analyze two earlier populations at the site (Early Puemape,MNI=26 and Middle Puemape,MNI=29) adn others of the region. Higher frequencies of trauma in males (25%cranial and30% facialinjuries and other types...

Este trabajo lleva a cabo una aproximación al conocimiento del modo de vida y expectativas de salud de las comunidades costeras del Período Formativo (2500-1 a.C.) de la Costa Norte de los Andes Centrales, mediante el análisis de los restos óseos de los individuos de los contextos funerarios asignados a las distintas fases ocupacionales del sitio arqueológico Puémape, localizado en el litoral de la quebrada de Cupisnique. A partir del análisis osteológico intragrupal e intergrupal, se describen y discuten los principales cambios o regularidades en los indicadores bioantropológicos de tres poblaciones que habitaron el sitio (Elera, 1998): Puémape Temprano (ca. 4400 + 110 a.p.) [3355:2835 a.C. p= 0.887097], Puémape Medio (ca. 3960+ 110 a.p. y 3920+ 110 a.p.) [2678:2034 a.C. p=0.982982 y 2627:2012 a.C. p=0.990279] y Puémape Salinar (ca. 2340 + 90 a.p) [564:92 a.C. p=0.939282]. L...

In 2018, three burials of Chinese immigrants from the late 19th and early 20th centuries were discovered in the Carabayllo district of Lima, during the archaeological monitoring of the private company Cálidda. This note presents the reconstruction of these funerary contexts, as well as the osteobiographies of each of these individuals, in order to get a closer look to the life, death and mortuary rituals of these persons.