Taphonomic evidence of a human skeleton gnawed by termites in a Moche‐civilisation grave at Huaca de la Luna, Peru

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Authors

Jean‐Bernard Huchet · École Pratique des Hautes Études

Daphné Deverly · Archéologie des Amériques

Belkys Gutiérrez · National University of Trujillo

Claude Chauchat · Archéologie des Amériques

Abstract

Abstract A human skeleton from a Moche grave at Huaca de la Luna, Trujillo, Peru, shows evidence of taphonomic bone modification due to subterranean termite activity. Information related to the occasional osteophagous diet of termites on mammal and human remains is reviewed and detailed. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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Published in: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volume 21, Issue 1, pp. 92-102

DOI: 10.1002/oa.1110

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 1.32

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Taphonomic evidence of a human skeleton gnawed by termites in a Moche‐civilisation grave at Huaca de la Luna, Peru

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