Fariña and Varela (2018) consider that the observed pattern of differencebetween δ13C in the carbonate fraction of bioapatite and bonecollagen (Δδ13Ccarb-coll) presented for extinct giant Xenarthrans, especiallythe giant ...

In Quebrada de Los Corrales, located in northwestern Argentina, a local economic transitional process took place between ca. 3800 and 2000 BP, during which groups of hunter-gatherers incorporated agriculture and pastoralism. ...

The Boyadjian et al dental wash technique provides, in certain contexts, the only chance to analyze and quantify the use of plants by past populations and is therefore an important milestone for the reconstruction of ...

Dung pollen studies can contribute information to the paleodiet and paleoenvironmental knowledge during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. In this study, pollen analysis of extinct megaherbivore dung dated at 10,530 ± ...

The main objective of this paper is to assess paleodiets and subsistence patterns in hunter-gatherer groups of the eastern Pampa-Patagonia transition during the Middle Holocene (ca. 6000–4100 years BP). Using a multivariate ...

Previous studies revealed a high frequency of porotic hyperostosis in hunter-gatherer populations from southern Patagonia. Nevertheless, the systematic recovery of new burials with detailed archaeological and paleodietary ...

Along the Pacific coast of South America, including what is now Chilean territory, the coastal zone has been exploited since the earliest peopling of the continent and marine resources played an important role in the ...