Radiocarbon and DNA evidence for a pre-Columbian introduction of Polynesian chickens to Chile

Storey, AA; Ramirez, JM; Quiroz, D; Burley, DV; Addison, DJ; Walter, R.; Anderson, AJ; Hunt, TL; Athens, JS; Huynen, L; Matisoo-Smith, EA

Abstract

Two issues long debated among Pacific and American prehistorians are (i) whether there was a pre-Columbian introduction of chicken (Gallus gallus) to the Americas and (ii) whether Polynesian contact with South America might be identified archaeologically, through the recovery of remains of unquestionable Polynesian origin. We present a radiocarbon date and an ancient DNA sequence from a single chicken bone recovered from the archaeological site of El Arenal-1, on the Arauco Peninsula, Chile. These results not only provide firm evidence for the pre-Columbian introduction of chickens to the Americas, but strongly suggest that it was a Polynesian introduction. © 2007 by The National Academy of Sciences of the USA.

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Título según WOS: Radiocarbon and DNA evidence for a pre-Columbian introduction of Polynesian chickens to Chile
Título según SCOPUS: Radiocarbon and DNA evidence for a pre-Columbian introduction of Polynesian chickens to Chile
Título de la Revista: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volumen: 104
Número: 25
Editorial: NATL ACAD SCIENCES
Fecha de publicación: 2007
Página de inicio: 10335
Página final: 10339
Idioma: English
URL: http://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.0703993104
DOI:

10.1073/pnas.0703993104

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS