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Taphonomic signature of Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) on small sized preys: A comparative study of ingested and non-ingested leporid bones
(Elsevier, 2020-06)
In order to generate a more comprehensive understanding of the accumulations produced by small-sized predators in the fossil record, a feeding experiment with captive Geoffroy's cat was carried out and the bone modifications ...
Archaeological hunting patterns of Amazonian horticulturists: The Guarani example
(Wiley, 2019-11)
We analyse the hunting patterns based on faunal records of horticultural groups fromthe Atlantic Forest grouped in the Guarani archaeological unit, which are the materialand behavioural expression of populations of Amazon ...
Hunting and skeletal element abundance of guanaco during the Holocene of Sierras of Córdoba, Argentina
(Elsevier Ltd, 2020-02)
The guanaco (Lama guanicoe) was the most important faunal resource exploited by past people from Sierras of Córdoba (Argentina). However, their relative taxonomic abundance decreased across the Holocene in relation to other ...
In the stomach of Geranoaetus melanoleucus (Accipitriformes): Taphonomy of small mammal bone remains and implications for South American archaeological and palaeontological studies
(Elsevier, 2019-08)
Geranoaetus melanoleucus (Accipitriformes) is one of the main accumulating agents of South American small mammal bone and tooth assemblages recovered from archaeological and palaeontological sites. The present study analyses ...
Guanaco hunting strategies in the northern plains of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
(Elsevier, 2016-09)
This article analyses the access to animal resources during the Holocene using the evidence from a key site – Las Vueltas 1, LV1–, localized in the Northern steppe of Tierra del Fuego (Argentina). The contexts analysed ...
Is fishing intensification a direct route to hunter-gatherer complexity? A case study from the Beagle Channel region (Tierra del Fuego, southern South America)
(Routledge, 2009-12)
This paper presents a case study of fish intensification in the subsistence of hunter-gatherers and fishers who inhabited the Beagle Channel region in southern South America. The main goal is to identify and to understand ...
Amidst wind, sand and raptors. Small mammal bone remains recovered in open-air archaeological sites from the Monte Desert in Central Western Argentina: taphonomic and palaeoenvironmental implications
(Springer Verlag Berlín, 2019-06)
The distinctive characteristic of theMonte Desert, the most arid rangeland of Argentina, is reflected in the varied composition of its small mammal fauna. The present study analyses the taphonomic features and the ...