Altiplano agricultural origins was a process of economic resilience, not hardship: Isotope chemistry, zooarchaeology, and archaeobotany in the Titicaca Basin, 5.5-3.0 ka (IMAGE)

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Altiplano agricultural origins was a process of economic resilience, not hardship: Isotope chemistry, zooarchaeology, and archaeobotany in the Titicaca Basin, 5.5-3.0 ka

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View of the Aymara community of Jachacachi, home to the archaeological sites of Kaillachuro and Jiskairumoko, which offer insights into the transition to agriculture in the Andean Altiplano.

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Luis Flores-Blanco, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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