Multi-proxy analysis of El Olivar camelids (1,090-1,440 cal AD): Evaluating the presence of llamas (Lama glama, Linnaeus 1758) in the Semiarid North of Chile before the arrival of the Inca

• Patricio López Mendoza ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Patricio López Mendoza, Paola González, Michael V. Westbury, Daniela Saghessi, Lucio González Venanzi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: patriciolopezmend@gmail.com

  Affiliation Museo de Historia Natural y Cultural del Desierto de Atacama, Santiago, Chile

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3431-7260

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• Paola González ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Patricio López Mendoza, Paola González, Michael V. Westbury, Daniela Saghessi, Lucio González Venanzi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fundación El Olivar, Santiago, Chile

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4915-7052

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• Michael V. Westbury ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Patricio López Mendoza, Paola González, Michael V. Westbury, Daniela Saghessi, Lucio González Venanzi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Daniela Saghessi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Patricio López Mendoza, Paola González, Michael V. Westbury, Daniela Saghessi, Lucio González Venanzi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation División Arqueología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, andConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina,

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• Lucio González Venanzi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Patricio López Mendoza, Paola González, Michael V. Westbury, Daniela Saghessi, Lucio González Venanzi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation División Arqueología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, andConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina,

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• Benito A. González ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  ¶‡ BAG, JCM, BR and MV also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Laboratorio de Ecología de Vida Silvestre, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y de la Conservación de la Naturaleza, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0039-5722

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• Juan C. Marín ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  ¶‡ BAG, JCM, BR and MV also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Concepción, Chile

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• Bárbara Rivera ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  ¶‡ BAG, JCM, BR and MV also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Independent Researcher, Santiago, Chile

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• Marta Valenzuela

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  ¶‡ BAG, JCM, BR and MV also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Páres y Álvarez Gestión Ambiental S.A., Santiago, Chile

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