Learn how ancient DNA and isotope analysis revealed that Amazon parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru in a pre-Inca trade network.
A new study shows that parrots and Amazon macaws were traded across the Andes for elite feather ornaments long before the ...
Scientists studied centuries-old bird feathers from an ancient tomb on the coast, and then traced the origins back to the ...
Excavations on Peru's coast reveal pre-Inca parrot husbandry, radiocarbon-dated to 1100-1450, and long-distance transport ...
Centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire, a much smaller kingdom on the central coast of Peru already had a sophisticated ...
The team believes that humans living in Pachacamac captured several species of Amazonian macaw parrots that were native to ...
Centuries before the Inca emerged, Amazonian parrots were carried alive across the Andes and raised in captivity on Peru's coast for their vibrant feathers.
Experts say parrots were prized for their vibrant feathers, which held deep cultural value in pre-Hispanic societies.
Ancient DNA reveals pre-Inca societies transported live Amazonian parrots across the formidable Andes mountains.
Ancient DNA and other clues from feathers found in modern Peru hint that the ancient Ychsma culture imported birds from the distant Amazon.
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