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DOI	10.1007/s12520-019-00846-z
	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
	Manuel Lopez, Jose 1,2; Chiavazza, Horacio 3,4
通讯作者	Manuel Lopez, Jose
来源期刊	ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ISSN	1866-9557
EISSN	1866-9565
出版年	2019
卷号	11 期号:10 页码:5149-5169
英文摘要	The distinctive characteristic of the Monte Desert, the most arid range land of Argentina, is reflected in the varied composition of its small mammal fauna. The present study analyses the taphonomic features and the palaeoenvironmental implications of small mammal bone and tooth accumulations recovered in open-air archaeological sites from the Monte Desert plains of northern Mendoza (Central Western Argentina) in the South American arid diagonal. In order to identify the agents responsible for such accumulations relative abundance trends, bone breakage patterns and digestive corrosion were evaluated. The action of postdepositional processes, like weathering and trampling, also were analysed. Taphonomic results allowed the detection of avian raptors-owls in particular-as the principal accumulating agents of small mammal bone and tooth accumulations of open-air archaeological sites from the Monte Desert. In order to make palaeoenvironmental inferences, the taxonomic structure of archaeological and modern small mammal assemblages was analysed and compared, added to the evaluation of taphonomic dynamics in the archaeological sites. The taxonomic composition of archaeological assemblages differed from that of the current assemblages from the study area. Thus, an extinct species (Holochilus lagigliai) and a little-known species highly adapted to desert environments (Tympanoctomys barrerae) were detected in the archaeological record. Recent pellet samples showed major proportions of opportunistic and generalist species as well as the presence of an exotic species (Mus musculus). The general impoverishment of current small mammal assemblages in comparison with past ones (e.g. richness, diversity and evenness) could be attributed to the deep impact of the anthropic perturbations generated by economic activities since the arrival of European conquerors ca. 500 years BP. Small mammal archaeological assemblages could indicate a scenario of greater environmental heterogeneity during the Late Holocene than in the present, and thus, greater availability of patch resources in the landscape.
英文关键词	Zooarchaeology Taphonomy Deserts Microvertebrates Sandy soils Palaeoecology Extinctions Biological invasions
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Argentina
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI ; AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000497785000004
WOS关键词	LATE HOLOCENE ; ANDEAN FOOTHILLS ; BUENOS-AIRES ; MENDOZA ; MICROMAMMALS ; RODENTIA ; RIVER ; CONSUMPTION ; COEXISTENCE ; ASSEMBLAGE
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geology
EI主题词	2019-10-01
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/310122
作者单位	1.CCT Mendoza, CONICET, Inst Argentino Invest Zonas Aridas IADIZA, Ave Ruiz Leal S-N,Parque Gen San Martin, RA-5500 Mendoza, Argentina; 2.Univ Nacl Cuyo, Inst Arqueol & Etnol, Fac Filosofia & Letras, RA-5500 Mendoza, Argentina; 3.Univ Nacl Cuyo, Inst Arqueol & Etnol, Fac Filosofia & Letras, Lab Arqueol Hist & Etnohist, RA-5500 Mendoza, Argentina; 4.Museo Area Fdn Mendoza, RA-5500 Mendoza, Argentina
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Manuel Lopez, Jose,Chiavazza, Horacio. 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[J],2019,11(10):5149-5169.
APA	Manuel Lopez, Jose,&Chiavazza, Horacio.(2019).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.ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES,11(10),5149-5169.
MLA	Manuel Lopez, Jose,et al."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".ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES 11.10(2019):5149-5169.