A SEM-based assessment of bioerosion in Late Holocene faunal bone assemblages from the southern Pampas of Argentina

Autores
Morales, Natalia Soledad; Catella, Luciana; Oliva, Fernando Walter Pablo; Sarmiento, Patricia Laura; Barrientos, Gustavo
Año de publicación
2018
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Over the last decades, research on microbial bioerosion affecting archaeological bone assemblages highlighted the fact that this is a significant factor determining the long-term survival of vertebrate hard tissues as well as the quality of the biological information retrievable from them (e.g. isotopic, genetic, histomorphological). In spite of this, information about bioerosion is still scarce or inexistent for most regions around the world. Among the likely causes of this situation are the perceived and factual technical difficulties that surround the implementation of a standard research on this subject. Taking this into account, the aim of this paper is twofold: on the one hand, to describe a protocol for the preparation of bone samples (thick sections) suitable for observation with BSE-SEM that fulfils the criteria of simplicity, low cost and effectiveness; on the other hand, to present and discuss the first results derived from the application of such protocol to artiodactyl bone samples recovered at different Late Holocene archaeological sites from the southern Pampas of Argentina. The obtained results indicate that the implemented technique was effective in terms of providing good quality information at a very low cost as measured from the resources (time and materials) invested. In addition, the results show that a significant part of the analysed specimens exhibit extensive and intensive histological alteration compatible with the action of bacteria, which is unexpected in light of the currently prevailing model about the origin and conditions of the bacterial attack on animal bones in archaeological deposits (i.e. the so-called “endogenous model”).
Fil: Morales, Natalia Soledad. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes; Argentina
Fil: Catella, Luciana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Arqueología; Argentina
Fil: Oliva, Fernando Walter Pablo. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes; Argentina
Fil: Sarmiento, Patricia Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina
Fil: Barrientos, Gustavo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina
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Argentine Pampas
Bone Histological Preservation
Bse-Sem
Late Holocene
Microbial Attack
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spelling A SEM-based assessment of bioerosion in Late Holocene faunal bone assemblages from the southern Pampas of ArgentinaMorales, Natalia SoledadCatella, LucianaOliva, Fernando Walter PabloSarmiento, Patricia LauraBarrientos, GustavoArgentine PampasBone Histological PreservationBse-SemLate HoloceneMicrobial Attackhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6Over the last decades, research on microbial bioerosion affecting archaeological bone assemblages highlighted the fact that this is a significant factor determining the long-term survival of vertebrate hard tissues as well as the quality of the biological information retrievable from them (e.g. isotopic, genetic, histomorphological). In spite of this, information about bioerosion is still scarce or inexistent for most regions around the world. Among the likely causes of this situation are the perceived and factual technical difficulties that surround the implementation of a standard research on this subject. Taking this into account, the aim of this paper is twofold: on the one hand, to describe a protocol for the preparation of bone samples (thick sections) suitable for observation with BSE-SEM that fulfils the criteria of simplicity, low cost and effectiveness; on the other hand, to present and discuss the first results derived from the application of such protocol to artiodactyl bone samples recovered at different Late Holocene archaeological sites from the southern Pampas of Argentina. The obtained results indicate that the implemented technique was effective in terms of providing good quality information at a very low cost as measured from the resources (time and materials) invested. In addition, the results show that a significant part of the analysed specimens exhibit extensive and intensive histological alteration compatible with the action of bacteria, which is unexpected in light of the currently prevailing model about the origin and conditions of the bacterial attack on animal bones in archaeological deposits (i.e. the so-called “endogenous model”).Fil: Morales, Natalia Soledad. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes; ArgentinaFil: Catella, Luciana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Arqueología; ArgentinaFil: Oliva, Fernando Walter Pablo. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes; ArgentinaFil: Sarmiento, Patricia Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; ArgentinaFil: Barrientos, Gustavo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; ArgentinaElsevier2018-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/49627Morales, Natalia Soledad; Catella, Luciana; Oliva, Fernando Walter Pablo; Sarmiento, Patricia Laura; Barrientos, Gustavo; A SEM-based assessment of bioerosion in Late Holocene faunal bone assemblages from the southern Pampas of Argentina; Elsevier; Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports; 18; 4-2018; 782-7912352-409XCONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.07.012info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X16308306info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:42:08Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/49627instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:42:08.963CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A SEM-based assessment of bioerosion in Late Holocene faunal bone assemblages from the southern Pampas of Argentina
title A SEM-based assessment of bioerosion in Late Holocene faunal bone assemblages from the southern Pampas of Argentina
spellingShingle A SEM-based assessment of bioerosion in Late Holocene faunal bone assemblages from the southern Pampas of Argentina
Morales, Natalia Soledad
Argentine Pampas
Bone Histological Preservation
Bse-Sem
Late Holocene
Microbial Attack
title_short A SEM-based assessment of bioerosion in Late Holocene faunal bone assemblages from the southern Pampas of Argentina
title_full A SEM-based assessment of bioerosion in Late Holocene faunal bone assemblages from the southern Pampas of Argentina
title_fullStr A SEM-based assessment of bioerosion in Late Holocene faunal bone assemblages from the southern Pampas of Argentina
title_full_unstemmed A SEM-based assessment of bioerosion in Late Holocene faunal bone assemblages from the southern Pampas of Argentina
title_sort A SEM-based assessment of bioerosion in Late Holocene faunal bone assemblages from the southern Pampas of Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Morales, Natalia Soledad
Catella, Luciana
Oliva, Fernando Walter Pablo
Sarmiento, Patricia Laura
Barrientos, Gustavo
author Morales, Natalia Soledad
author_facet Morales, Natalia Soledad
Catella, Luciana
Oliva, Fernando Walter Pablo
Sarmiento, Patricia Laura
Barrientos, Gustavo
author_role author
author2 Catella, Luciana
Oliva, Fernando Walter Pablo
Sarmiento, Patricia Laura
Barrientos, Gustavo
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Argentine Pampas
Bone Histological Preservation
Bse-Sem
Late Holocene
Microbial Attack
topic Argentine Pampas
Bone Histological Preservation
Bse-Sem
Late Holocene
Microbial Attack
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Over the last decades, research on microbial bioerosion affecting archaeological bone assemblages highlighted the fact that this is a significant factor determining the long-term survival of vertebrate hard tissues as well as the quality of the biological information retrievable from them (e.g. isotopic, genetic, histomorphological). In spite of this, information about bioerosion is still scarce or inexistent for most regions around the world. Among the likely causes of this situation are the perceived and factual technical difficulties that surround the implementation of a standard research on this subject. Taking this into account, the aim of this paper is twofold: on the one hand, to describe a protocol for the preparation of bone samples (thick sections) suitable for observation with BSE-SEM that fulfils the criteria of simplicity, low cost and effectiveness; on the other hand, to present and discuss the first results derived from the application of such protocol to artiodactyl bone samples recovered at different Late Holocene archaeological sites from the southern Pampas of Argentina. The obtained results indicate that the implemented technique was effective in terms of providing good quality information at a very low cost as measured from the resources (time and materials) invested. In addition, the results show that a significant part of the analysed specimens exhibit extensive and intensive histological alteration compatible with the action of bacteria, which is unexpected in light of the currently prevailing model about the origin and conditions of the bacterial attack on animal bones in archaeological deposits (i.e. the so-called “endogenous model”).
Fil: Morales, Natalia Soledad. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes; Argentina
Fil: Catella, Luciana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Arqueología; Argentina
Fil: Oliva, Fernando Walter Pablo. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes; Argentina
Fil: Sarmiento, Patricia Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina
Fil: Barrientos, Gustavo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina
description Over the last decades, research on microbial bioerosion affecting archaeological bone assemblages highlighted the fact that this is a significant factor determining the long-term survival of vertebrate hard tissues as well as the quality of the biological information retrievable from them (e.g. isotopic, genetic, histomorphological). In spite of this, information about bioerosion is still scarce or inexistent for most regions around the world. Among the likely causes of this situation are the perceived and factual technical difficulties that surround the implementation of a standard research on this subject. Taking this into account, the aim of this paper is twofold: on the one hand, to describe a protocol for the preparation of bone samples (thick sections) suitable for observation with BSE-SEM that fulfils the criteria of simplicity, low cost and effectiveness; on the other hand, to present and discuss the first results derived from the application of such protocol to artiodactyl bone samples recovered at different Late Holocene archaeological sites from the southern Pampas of Argentina. The obtained results indicate that the implemented technique was effective in terms of providing good quality information at a very low cost as measured from the resources (time and materials) invested. In addition, the results show that a significant part of the analysed specimens exhibit extensive and intensive histological alteration compatible with the action of bacteria, which is unexpected in light of the currently prevailing model about the origin and conditions of the bacterial attack on animal bones in archaeological deposits (i.e. the so-called “endogenous model”).
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