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dc.contributor.authorStorey, Aliceen
dc.contributor.authorQuiros, Danielen
dc.contributor.authorBeavan, Nancyen
dc.contributor.authorMatisoo-Smith, Elizabethen
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-19T10:50:00Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.citationRapa Nui Journal, 25(2), p. 5-19en
dc.identifier.issn1040-1385en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8700-
dc.description.abstractThe publications by Storey et al. (2007, 2008a, 2008b) describing the discovery and radiocarbon dating of pre-Columbian chicken remains from the archaeological site of El Arenal-1 in south central Chile reinvigorated longstanding debates about the presence of prehistoric domestic chickens in the Americas. Some have questioned the validity of the link between prehistoric Polynesian voyagers and the pre-Columbian chickens of El Arenal-1, requesting more details to verify the dates and the likely origin of the introduction. In this paper we provide an expanded account regarding the dating of the chicken remains from the site of El Arenal-1 in order to reaffirm their authenticity. Their prehistoric age established, we focus attention on a critical reanalysis of arguments surrounding the source of the first introductions of chickens to the Americas. These include historic accounts and hypotheses developed as a result of comparative morphology. Particular attention is focused on assessing the utility of evidence from the study of physical characteristics of both black-boned, black-meat chickens and the phenotypic traits of the Araucana (Gallus inauris) breed to support pre-Columbian introductions. As a result, we reinforce the previous hypothesis that a pre-Columbian introduction of chickens from Polynesia is the most parsimonious explanation for the available evidence.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherEaster Island Foundationen
dc.relation.ispartofRapa Nui Journalen
dc.titlePre-Columbian chickens of the Americas: a critical review of the hypotheses and evidence for their originsen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.subject.keywordsArchaeological Scienceen
dc.subject.keywordsArchaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americasen
dc.subject.keywordsArchaeology of New Guinea and Pacific Islands (excl New Zealand)en
local.contributor.firstnameAliceen
local.contributor.firstnameDanielen
local.contributor.firstnameNancyen
local.contributor.firstnameElizabethen
local.subject.for2008210102 Archaeological Scienceen
local.subject.for2008210106 Archaeology of New Guinea and Pacific Islands (excl New Zealand)en
local.subject.for2008210103 Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americasen
local.subject.seo2008950599 Understanding Past Societies not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.seo2008950506 Understanding the Past of the Americasen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Humanitiesen
local.profile.emailastorey2@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20111019-11078en
local.publisher.placeUnited States of Americaen
local.format.startpage5en
local.format.endpage19en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume25en
local.identifier.issue2en
local.title.subtitlea critical review of the hypotheses and evidence for their originsen
local.contributor.lastnameStoreyen
local.contributor.lastnameQuirosen
local.contributor.lastnameBeavanen
local.contributor.lastnameMatisoo-Smithen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:astorey2en
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:8890en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitlePre-Columbian chickens of the Americasen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.relation.urlhttp://islandheritage.org/wordpress/?page_id=1368en
local.search.authorStorey, Aliceen
local.search.authorQuiros, Danielen
local.search.authorBeavan, Nancyen
local.search.authorMatisoo-Smith, Elizabethen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2011en
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