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El indígeno and high-altitude human occupation in the Southern Andes, Mendoza (Argentina)
(Society for American Archaeology, 2016-03)
The site El Indígeno contains the greatest known concentration of hunter-gatherer residential features in the southern Andes. Located at 3, 300 m asl in a meadow in the Cordillera of west-central Argentina, the site is ...
Alternative interpretations of intermediate and positive d13C isotope signals in prehistoric human remains from southern Mendoza, Argentina: The role of cam species consumption
(The University of Chicago Press Journals, 2014-12)
During the last several years, information from stable isotopes has been used to discuss the role of maize agriculture in prehistoric economies of southern Mendoza. Because maize is one of several sources of 13C enriched ...
Population dynamics and human strategies in Northwestern Patagonia: a view from Salamanca Cave (Mendoza, Argentina)
(University of Ljubljana Press, 2021-11-09)
In this paper we evaluate the role of human strategies in the Andean Piedmont from northern Patagonia across the Holocene. Specifically, we present the analysis of the Early Holocene Late Holocene archaeological record of ...
Dating the expansion of the Inca empire: Bayesian models from Ecuador and Argentina
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-02)
The chronology of the Inca Empire has traditionally relied on ethnohistoric dates, which suggest that a northern expansion into modern Ecuador began in AD 1463 and a southern expansion into modern Argentina began in AD ...
Payenia Quaternary flood basalts (southern Mendoza, Argentina): Geophysical constraints on their volume
(Elsevier, 2016-09)
The Quaternary volcanic province of Payenia is located in southern Mendoza and northern Neuquén provinces of Argentina and is characterized by a dominant basaltic composition. The volcanic province covers an area larger ...
Geometric and kinematic model for basement-involved backthrusting at Diamante River, southern Andes, Mendoza province, Argentina
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2005-06)
At the confluence of the Las Aucas stream with the Diamante River (69°30′W Long.; 34°40′S Lat.), kilometer-scale structures affecting basement rocks were surveyed. Andean deformation involved both Cordillera Principal and ...
Were domestic camelids present on the prehispanic South American agricultural frontier? An ancient DNA study
(Public Library of Science, 2020-11-05)
The southern boundary of prehispanic farming in South America occurs in central Mendoza Province, Argentina at approximately 34 degrees south latitude. Archaeological evidence of farming includes the recovery of macrobotanical ...
Vegetación de los Altos Andes II. Las Vegas del flanco oriental del Cordón del Plata (Mendoza , Argentina)Vegetation of the high Andes II. The meadows on the eastern slope of the Cordón del Plata (Mendoza, Argentina
(Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, 2007-12)
The vegetation occurring between Bardas Blancas and Pehuenche Pass in the south of Mendoza is studied for the purpose of obtaining floristic-ecological information about plant communities. Work is carried out along an ...