Chinchorro mummies

Fig. 5.58 Carbon and nitrogen isotopic evaluation of ancient human diets relative to authentic foodstuffs (after Macko et al. 1999a, b). (a) Ice Man from the Oetztaler Alps (5200 yr old) compared to modern vegans, ovo-lacto vegetarians and omnivores, (b) Chinchorro mummies from the Arica region of Chile (5000 to 800 yr old) the triangle represents end-member contributions after allowing for assimilatory fractionations.

$Fig. 5.58 Carbon and nitrogen isotopic evaluation of ancient human diets relative to authentic foodstuffs (after Macko et al. 1999a, b). (a) Ice Man from the Oetztaler Alps (5200 yr old) compared to modern vegans, ovo-lacto vegetarians and omnivores, (b) Chinchorro mummies from the Arica region of Chile (5000 to 800 yr old) the triangle represents end-member contributions after allowing for assimilatory fractionations.$

Byrne, S., Amarasiriwardena, D., Bandak, B., Bartkus, L., Kane, J., Jones, J., Yanez, J., Arriaza, B., Cornejo, L. (2010) Were Chinchorros exposed to arsenic Arsenic determination in Chinchorro mummies hair by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). Microchemical Journal, 94,28-35. [Pg.879]

Analysis of hair from Chinchorro s mummies (Chile) Nd YAG213 and 266 nm ICP-Q-MS Determination of the level of As in hair samples to evaluate possible poisoning issues Byrne et al. [55]... [Pg.870]

Figure 19 Mummy from the Chinchorro culture, Atacama Desert —1000 years bp hot desert burial. [Pg.1036]

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