International audienceFourteen animal species have been identified in Mochica tombs (100-800 A.D.). Among them the discovery of amphisbaenids, a group of reptilesknown in South America as “culebras de dos cabezas” (two-headed snakes), stands as a new fact. Rests of Amphisbaena sp., in particular A. occidentalis, the only species actually present in this area, were found in five tombs of the Uhle’s Platform at Huacas de Moche site. This constitutes the first occurrence of these reptiles in Precolumbian archaeological sites from the western slope of the Andean Cordillera. The amphisbaenids were discovered in jars sitting by the side of the dead, indicating that they were intentional deposits and not intrusive vestiges. Amphisbaenids offerings...
Desde hace miles de años la iconografía andina ha presentado imágenes de animales con diseños en oca...
Abstract: The sub-region known as Xingó in the town of Canindé de São Francisco, in the State of Ser...
Las serpientes son un grupo de reptiles escamados con una enorme diversidad en el Neotrópico. Sin em...
International audienceFourteen animal species have been identified in Mochica tombs (100-800 A.D.). ...
Quatorze espèces animales ont été identifiées dans les tombes mochicas (100- 800 apr. J.-C.). Parmi ...
International audienceThe Mochica culture developed on the northern Peruvian coast between a.d. 100 ...
Les serpents sont de ces animaux que Claude Lévi-Strauss appelait « bons à penser »....
Amphisbaenia is an important group of reptilian amniotes, provided with cylindrical and elongated bo...
Squamata are known from South America since the Cretaceous, but their fossil record has an occurrenc...
Los escamosos conforman un exitoso grupo de reptiles que incluye más de 9.600 especies actuales. Su ...
Lagartos e serpentes fósseis da América do Sul são registrados desde o Cretáceo inferior até o Pleis...
Microvertebrates are a major component of many assemblages recovered from the Quaternary of the Arge...
Armadillos, sloths and anteaters represent a small fragment of a much more diverse fossil assemblage...
En este trabajo se describen restos fósiles de dos reptiles escamosos hallados en afloramientos corr...
Madtsoiids constitute a successful group of extinct snakes widely distributed across Gondwana and th...
Desde hace miles de años la iconografía andina ha presentado imágenes de animales con diseños en oca...
Abstract: The sub-region known as Xingó in the town of Canindé de São Francisco, in the State of Ser...
Las serpientes son un grupo de reptiles escamados con una enorme diversidad en el Neotrópico. Sin em...
International audienceFourteen animal species have been identified in Mochica tombs (100-800 A.D.). ...
Quatorze espèces animales ont été identifiées dans les tombes mochicas (100- 800 apr. J.-C.). Parmi ...
International audienceThe Mochica culture developed on the northern Peruvian coast between a.d. 100 ...
Les serpents sont de ces animaux que Claude Lévi-Strauss appelait « bons à penser »....
Amphisbaenia is an important group of reptilian amniotes, provided with cylindrical and elongated bo...
Squamata are known from South America since the Cretaceous, but their fossil record has an occurrenc...
Los escamosos conforman un exitoso grupo de reptiles que incluye más de 9.600 especies actuales. Su ...
Lagartos e serpentes fósseis da América do Sul são registrados desde o Cretáceo inferior até o Pleis...
Microvertebrates are a major component of many assemblages recovered from the Quaternary of the Arge...
Armadillos, sloths and anteaters represent a small fragment of a much more diverse fossil assemblage...
En este trabajo se describen restos fósiles de dos reptiles escamosos hallados en afloramientos corr...
Madtsoiids constitute a successful group of extinct snakes widely distributed across Gondwana and th...
Desde hace miles de años la iconografía andina ha presentado imágenes de animales con diseños en oca...
Abstract: The sub-region known as Xingó in the town of Canindé de São Francisco, in the State of Ser...
Las serpientes son un grupo de reptiles escamados con una enorme diversidad en el Neotrópico. Sin em...