Actualistic Zooarchaeology in Central Western Argentina in Cave and Open Air Contexts

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Otaola, Clara
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2014
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Many cultural and natural processes form the archaeological record. Taphonomy, the study of the transition of organic matter from living contexts (the biosphere) to geological contexts (the lithosphere), aids in understanding how agents and processes affect skeletal remains in the archaeological record. In this paper the results of an actualistic taphonomic study on deposition of bones in open-air and cave contexts in the high elevation Andes Mountains are presented. Results indicate that within the first three months after deposition many bones are displaced or removed from sites and that the agents that act in each context are different. Horizontal displacement of bones from their deposited locations is limited in the cave context but is dominant in the open air site. Carnivores appear to be responsible for moving bones in open-air contexts, and rodents appear to displace bones vertically in the cave context. Such naturalistic experiments are important in particular areas of the world in which local taphonomic processes vary.
Fil: Otaola, Clara. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Museo de Historia Natural de San Rafael - Ianigla | Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Museo de Historia Natural de San Rafael - Ianigla | Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Museo de Historia Natural de San Rafael - Ianigla; Argentina
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Actualistic research
Taphonomy
Zooarchaeology
Carnivore damage
Rodent damage
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spelling Actualistic Zooarchaeology in Central Western Argentina in Cave and Open Air ContextsOtaola, ClaraActualistic researchTaphonomyZooarchaeologyCarnivore damageRodent damagehttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6Many cultural and natural processes form the archaeological record. Taphonomy, the study of the transition of organic matter from living contexts (the biosphere) to geological contexts (the lithosphere), aids in understanding how agents and processes affect skeletal remains in the archaeological record. In this paper the results of an actualistic taphonomic study on deposition of bones in open-air and cave contexts in the high elevation Andes Mountains are presented. Results indicate that within the first three months after deposition many bones are displaced or removed from sites and that the agents that act in each context are different. Horizontal displacement of bones from their deposited locations is limited in the cave context but is dominant in the open air site. Carnivores appear to be responsible for moving bones in open-air contexts, and rodents appear to displace bones vertically in the cave context. Such naturalistic experiments are important in particular areas of the world in which local taphonomic processes vary.Fil: Otaola, Clara. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Museo de Historia Natural de San Rafael - Ianigla | Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Museo de Historia Natural de San Rafael - Ianigla | Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Museo de Historia Natural de San Rafael - Ianigla; ArgentinaSociety of Ethnobiology2014-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/32566Actualistic Zooarchaeology in Central Western Argentina in Cave and Open Air Contexts; Society of Ethnobiology; Ethnobiology Letters; 5; 9-2014; 94-1032159-­8126CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://ojs.ethnobiology.org/index.php/ebl/article/view/227info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.14237/ebl.5.2014.227info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:50:23Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/32566instacron: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:34982025-09-03 09:50:24.266CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Actualistic Zooarchaeology in Central Western Argentina in Cave and Open Air Contexts
title Actualistic Zooarchaeology in Central Western Argentina in Cave and Open Air Contexts
spellingShingle Actualistic Zooarchaeology in Central Western Argentina in Cave and Open Air Contexts
Otaola, Clara
Actualistic research
Taphonomy
Zooarchaeology
Carnivore damage
Rodent damage
title_short Actualistic Zooarchaeology in Central Western Argentina in Cave and Open Air Contexts
title_full Actualistic Zooarchaeology in Central Western Argentina in Cave and Open Air Contexts
title_fullStr Actualistic Zooarchaeology in Central Western Argentina in Cave and Open Air Contexts
title_full_unstemmed Actualistic Zooarchaeology in Central Western Argentina in Cave and Open Air Contexts
title_sort Actualistic Zooarchaeology in Central Western Argentina in Cave and Open Air Contexts
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Otaola, Clara
author Otaola, Clara
author_facet Otaola, Clara
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Actualistic research
Taphonomy
Zooarchaeology
Carnivore damage
Rodent damage
topic Actualistic research
Taphonomy
Zooarchaeology
Carnivore damage
Rodent damage
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Many cultural and natural processes form the archaeological record. Taphonomy, the study of the transition of organic matter from living contexts (the biosphere) to geological contexts (the lithosphere), aids in understanding how agents and processes affect skeletal remains in the archaeological record. In this paper the results of an actualistic taphonomic study on deposition of bones in open-air and cave contexts in the high elevation Andes Mountains are presented. Results indicate that within the first three months after deposition many bones are displaced or removed from sites and that the agents that act in each context are different. Horizontal displacement of bones from their deposited locations is limited in the cave context but is dominant in the open air site. Carnivores appear to be responsible for moving bones in open-air contexts, and rodents appear to displace bones vertically in the cave context. Such naturalistic experiments are important in particular areas of the world in which local taphonomic processes vary.
Fil: Otaola, Clara. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Museo de Historia Natural de San Rafael - Ianigla | Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Museo de Historia Natural de San Rafael - Ianigla | Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Museo de Historia Natural de San Rafael - Ianigla; Argentina
description Many cultural and natural processes form the archaeological record. Taphonomy, the study of the transition of organic matter from living contexts (the biosphere) to geological contexts (the lithosphere), aids in understanding how agents and processes affect skeletal remains in the archaeological record. In this paper the results of an actualistic taphonomic study on deposition of bones in open-air and cave contexts in the high elevation Andes Mountains are presented. Results indicate that within the first three months after deposition many bones are displaced or removed from sites and that the agents that act in each context are different. Horizontal displacement of bones from their deposited locations is limited in the cave context but is dominant in the open air site. Carnivores appear to be responsible for moving bones in open-air contexts, and rodents appear to displace bones vertically in the cave context. Such naturalistic experiments are important in particular areas of the world in which local taphonomic processes vary.
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Actualistic Zooarchaeology in Central Western Argentina in Cave and Open Air Contexts; Society of Ethnobiology; Ethnobiology Letters; 5; 9-2014; 94-103
2159-­8126
CONICET Digital
CONICET
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identifier_str_mv Actualistic Zooarchaeology in Central Western Argentina in Cave and Open Air Contexts; Society of Ethnobiology; Ethnobiology Letters; 5; 9-2014; 94-103
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