The Archaic Period in the Andes is characterized as a time of increasing social complexity. Unfortunately, these mobile foraging groups have been understudied in the Eastern Andes, especially in Bolivia. This bioarchaeological analysis uses an emb...
This thesis is a comparative review of skeletal elements from coastal and highland regions of Peru to determine if altitude effects the incidence of skeletal cancer formations. Pathological analysis was completed on 372 skeletal elements: 299 elem...