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DOI	10.1007/s12520-020-01213-z
	From owl prey to human food: taphonomy of archaeological small mammal remains from the late Holocene wetlands of arid environments in Central Western Argentina
	Lopez, Jose Manuel; Chiavazza, Horacio
通讯作者	Lopez, JM
来源期刊	ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ISSN	1866-9557
EISSN	1866-9565
出版年	2020
卷号	12 期号:12
英文摘要	The present study analyses small mammal bone and tooth accumulations recovered in three open-air archaeological sites from northern Mendoza (Argentina) in the central Monte Desert, one of the most arid rangelands of South America. The sites, with radiocarbon dates between ca. 2100 and 400 years BP, are located on the margins of a now-extinct swamp that formed a more widespread wetland environment in the past. In order to recognize the agents responsible for such bone and tooth accumulations, a taphonomic analysis was conducted evaluating relative abundances of skeletal elements, breakage patterns, digestive corrosion, signs of anthropic activity and post-depositional processes. The taphonomic analysis allowed the detection of owls and humans as the agents responsible for small mammal accumulations. On the one hand, the low proportion and degree of digested diagnostic elements, among other taphonomic processes, suggest owl pellet-derived small mammal assemblages. On the other hand, the thermo-altered elements detected, some showing a differential burning pattern, the abundance of large-sized and gregarious small mammals and the identification of cut-marks on a caviid femur shaft are possibly due to human exploitation/consumption of small mammals.
英文关键词	Zooarchaeology Microvertebrates Taphonomy Raptors Resource intensification Monte Desert Mendoza
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI ; AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000589039700001
WOS关键词	MONTE DESERT ; RESOURCE INTENSIFICATION ; HUMAN CONSUMPTION ; HUMAN OCCUPATION ; CUT MARKS ; MENDOZA ; SITE ; RECORD ; MICROMAMMALS ; VALLEY
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/327482
作者单位	[Lopez, Jose Manuel] Univ Nacl Cuyo, Inst Arqueol & Etnol, Inst Argentino Invest Zonas Aridas, Fac Filosofia & Letras,IADIZA,CONICET, Av Ruiz Leal S-N,Parque Gen San Martin, RA-5500 Mendoza, Argentina; [Lopez, Jose Manuel] CONICET Mendoza, CCT, Av Ruiz Leal S-N,Parque Gen San Martin, RA-5500 Mendoza, Argentina; [Chiavazza, Horacio] Univ Nacl Cuyo, Fac Filosofia & Letras, Inst Arqueol & Etnol, RA-5500 Mendoza, Argentina; [Chiavazza, Horacio] Univ Nacl Cuyo, Ctr Invest Ruinas San Francisco, Museo Area Fundac Mendoza, RA-5500 Mendoza, Argentina
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lopez, Jose Manuel,Chiavazza, Horacio. From owl prey to human food: taphonomy of archaeological small mammal remains from the late Holocene wetlands of arid environments in Central Western Argentina[J],2020,12(12).
APA	Lopez, Jose Manuel,&Chiavazza, Horacio.(2020).From owl prey to human food: taphonomy of archaeological small mammal remains from the late Holocene wetlands of arid environments in Central Western Argentina.ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES,12(12).
MLA	Lopez, Jose Manuel,et al."From owl prey to human food: taphonomy of archaeological small mammal remains from the late Holocene wetlands of arid environments in Central Western Argentina".ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES 12.12(2020).