Preceramic Period Vertebrate Use in the Jequetepeque Valley, Peru
Creators: name: Pavao-Zuckerman, Barnet
Publisher: name: (:unav)
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Peru
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/13199/peru
subject: South America
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/33/south-america
subject: Central Andes
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83569/central-andes
subject: South America: Andes
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83864/south-america-andes
subject: La Libertad (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1210/la-libertad-state-territory
subject: Middle Preceramic period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/7949/middle-preceramic-period
subject: Preceramic period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/182/preceramic-period
subject: Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8/archaic
subject: Encampment
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/253/encampment
subject: Hunting / Trapping
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/286/hunting-trapping
subject: Butchering / Kill Site
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/287/butchering-kill-site
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/272/resource-extraction-production-transportation-structure-or-features
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Quarry
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/293/quarry
subject: Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/347/midden
subject: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation

description: Faunal remains from the Proyecto Pacasmayo provide the opportunity to examine vertebrate subsistence strategies of inland communities during the transitional Preceramic period. Proyecto Pacasmayo excavations at Middle Preceramic sites in the Jequetepeque Valley in northern Peru reveal evidence for increasing complexity, localization, and aggregation. The Pacasmayo sites are all located within the vegetated lomas areas of two alluvial fans, Quebrada del Batán, and Quebrada Talambo. Of particular interest is the relative importance of terrestrial versus marine aquatic resources to the diet of inland Preceramic populations. The use of marine aquatic taxa would indicate less localization of resource use, and, likely, greater mobility than is characteristic of the Late Preceramic. The research questions addressed below are: 1) Did inland populations rely on terrestrial resources to a greater extent than did coastal populations? 2) Is there evidence of localization of subsistence resource exploitation, or do vertebrate faunal assemblages suggest intensive use of exotic resources? 3) Do changes in subsistence strategies occur over time in the Proyecto Pacasmayo assemblages? 4) Can zooarchaeological remains from the Proyecto Pacasmayo sites be used to reconstruct local environments during the Preceramic period?