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

2011/01/01 by J.‐B. Huchet, D. Deverly, B. Gutierrez +1

paper · doi:10.1002/oa.1110

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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