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The Faunal Assemblage from the Site of Chavín De Huántar

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The faunal assemblage from the site of Chavín de Huántar, 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.

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