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Mummified Parrots Found by Archaeologists Point to Trade in the Ancient Atacama Desert – SciTechDaily
Ancient Egyptians mummified cats, dogs, ibises, and other animals, but closer to home in the South American Atacama desert, parrot mummies reveal that between 1100…
Mummified scarlet macaw recovered from Pica 8 in northern Chile. Credit: Calogero Santoro, Universidad de Tarapacá, and José Capriles, Penn State
Ancient Egyptians mummified cats, dogs, ibises, and other animals, but closer to home in the South American Atacama desert, parrot mummies reveal that between 1100 and 1450 CE, trade from other areas brought parrots and macaws to oasis communities, according to an international and interdisciplinary team.
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