Susan D. deFrance

TL;DR: Wetland research in northern Belize provides the earliest evidence for development of agriculture in the Maya Lowlands as discussed by the authors, which occurred in the context of a mixed foraging economy.

TL;DR: This article present a synthesis of zooarchaeological research published since the early 1990s that addresses political economy, status distinctions, and the ideological and ritual roles of animals in complex cultures.

TL;DR: In the Ilo region of south coastal Peru, the authors of as mentioned in this paper have documented the existence of flood and debris-flow deposits produced by two El Nino events evidently much more severe than any in recent history.

TL;DR: The results from the ancient DNA analyses of forty-eight archaeologically derived chicken bones provide support for archaeological hypotheses about the prehistoric human transport of chickens and lead to the proposal of four hypotheses which will require further scrutiny and rigorous future testing.

TL;DR: The state-sponsored Wari incursion, described here, entailed large-scale agrarian reclamation to sustain the occupation of two hills and the adjacent high mesa of Cerro Baúl and final evacuation of theBaúl enclave was accompanied by elaborate ceremonies.