Dietary resilience among hunter-gatherers of Tierra del Fuego: Isotopic evidence in a diachronic perspective

Autores
Tafuri, Mary Anne; Zangrando, Atilio Francisco Javier; Tessone, Augusto; Kochi, Sayuri; Moggi, Augusto; Di Vincezo, Fabio; Profico, Antonio; Manzi, Giorgio
Año de publicación
2017
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The native groups of Patagonia have relied on a hunter-gatherer economy well after the first Europeans and North Americans reached this part of the world. The large exploitation of marine mammals (i.e., seals) by such allochthonous groups has had a strong impact on the local ecology in a way that might have forced the natives to adjust their subsistence strategies. Similarly, the introduction of new foods might have changed local diet. These are the premises of our isotopic-based analysis. There is a large set of paleonutritional investigations through isotopic analysis on Fuegians groups, however a systematic exploration of food practices across time in relation to possible pre- A nd post-contact changes is still lacking. In this paper we investigate dietary variation in hunter-gatherer groups of Tierra del Fuego in a diachronic perspective, through measuring the isotopic ratio of carbon (∂13C) and nitrogen (∂15N) in the bone collagen of human and a selection of terrestrial and marine animal samples. The data obtained reveal an unexpected isotopic uniformity across prehistoric and recent groups, with little variation in both carbon and nitrogen mean values, which we interpret as the possible evidence of resilience among these groups and persistence of subsistence strategies, allowing inferences on the dramatic contraction (and extinction) of Fuegian populations.
Fil: Tafuri, Mary Anne. Universita Di Roma; Italia
Fil: Zangrando, Atilio Francisco Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
Fil: Tessone, Augusto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotopica. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotópica; Argentina
Fil: Kochi, Sayuri. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotopica. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotópica; Argentina
Fil: Moggi, Augusto. Università degli Studi di Firenze; Italia
Fil: Di Vincezo, Fabio. Università di Roma; Italia
Fil: Profico, Antonio. Università di Roma; Italia
Fil: Manzi, Giorgio. Università di Roma; Italia
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spelling Dietary resilience among hunter-gatherers of Tierra del Fuego: Isotopic evidence in a diachronic perspectiveTafuri, Mary AnneZangrando, Atilio Francisco JavierTessone, AugustoKochi, SayuriMoggi, AugustoDi Vincezo, FabioProfico, AntonioManzi, GiorgioDIETHUNTER-GATHERERSISOTOPEShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6The native groups of Patagonia have relied on a hunter-gatherer economy well after the first Europeans and North Americans reached this part of the world. The large exploitation of marine mammals (i.e., seals) by such allochthonous groups has had a strong impact on the local ecology in a way that might have forced the natives to adjust their subsistence strategies. Similarly, the introduction of new foods might have changed local diet. These are the premises of our isotopic-based analysis. There is a large set of paleonutritional investigations through isotopic analysis on Fuegians groups, however a systematic exploration of food practices across time in relation to possible pre- A nd post-contact changes is still lacking. In this paper we investigate dietary variation in hunter-gatherer groups of Tierra del Fuego in a diachronic perspective, through measuring the isotopic ratio of carbon (∂13C) and nitrogen (∂15N) in the bone collagen of human and a selection of terrestrial and marine animal samples. The data obtained reveal an unexpected isotopic uniformity across prehistoric and recent groups, with little variation in both carbon and nitrogen mean values, which we interpret as the possible evidence of resilience among these groups and persistence of subsistence strategies, allowing inferences on the dramatic contraction (and extinction) of Fuegian populations.Fil: Tafuri, Mary Anne. Universita Di Roma; ItaliaFil: Zangrando, Atilio Francisco Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; ArgentinaFil: Tessone, Augusto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotopica. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotópica; ArgentinaFil: Kochi, Sayuri. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotopica. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotópica; ArgentinaFil: Moggi, Augusto. Università degli Studi di Firenze; ItaliaFil: Di Vincezo, Fabio. Università di Roma; ItaliaFil: Profico, Antonio. Università di Roma; ItaliaFil: Manzi, Giorgio. Università di Roma; ItaliaPublic Library of Science2017-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/47297Tafuri, Mary Anne; Zangrando, Atilio Francisco Javier; Tessone, Augusto; Kochi, Sayuri; Moggi, Augusto; et al.; Dietary resilience among hunter-gatherers of Tierra del Fuego: Isotopic evidence in a diachronic perspective; Public Library of Science; Plos One; 12; 4; 4-2017; 1-13; e01755941932-6203CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0175594info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0175594info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T10:11:11Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/47297instacron: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 10:11:11.769CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Dietary resilience among hunter-gatherers of Tierra del Fuego: Isotopic evidence in a diachronic perspective
title Dietary resilience among hunter-gatherers of Tierra del Fuego: Isotopic evidence in a diachronic perspective
spellingShingle Dietary resilience among hunter-gatherers of Tierra del Fuego: Isotopic evidence in a diachronic perspective
Tafuri, Mary Anne
DIET
HUNTER-GATHERERS
ISOTOPES
title_short Dietary resilience among hunter-gatherers of Tierra del Fuego: Isotopic evidence in a diachronic perspective
title_full Dietary resilience among hunter-gatherers of Tierra del Fuego: Isotopic evidence in a diachronic perspective
title_fullStr Dietary resilience among hunter-gatherers of Tierra del Fuego: Isotopic evidence in a diachronic perspective
title_full_unstemmed Dietary resilience among hunter-gatherers of Tierra del Fuego: Isotopic evidence in a diachronic perspective
title_sort Dietary resilience among hunter-gatherers of Tierra del Fuego: Isotopic evidence in a diachronic perspective
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tafuri, Mary Anne
Zangrando, Atilio Francisco Javier
Tessone, Augusto
Kochi, Sayuri
Moggi, Augusto
Di Vincezo, Fabio
Profico, Antonio
Manzi, Giorgio
author Tafuri, Mary Anne
author_facet Tafuri, Mary Anne
Zangrando, Atilio Francisco Javier
Tessone, Augusto
Kochi, Sayuri
Moggi, Augusto
Di Vincezo, Fabio
Profico, Antonio
Manzi, Giorgio
author_role author
author2 Zangrando, Atilio Francisco Javier
Tessone, Augusto
Kochi, Sayuri
Moggi, Augusto
Di Vincezo, Fabio
Profico, Antonio
Manzi, Giorgio
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author
author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv DIET
HUNTER-GATHERERS
ISOTOPES
topic DIET
HUNTER-GATHERERS
ISOTOPES
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The native groups of Patagonia have relied on a hunter-gatherer economy well after the first Europeans and North Americans reached this part of the world. The large exploitation of marine mammals (i.e., seals) by such allochthonous groups has had a strong impact on the local ecology in a way that might have forced the natives to adjust their subsistence strategies. Similarly, the introduction of new foods might have changed local diet. These are the premises of our isotopic-based analysis. There is a large set of paleonutritional investigations through isotopic analysis on Fuegians groups, however a systematic exploration of food practices across time in relation to possible pre- A nd post-contact changes is still lacking. In this paper we investigate dietary variation in hunter-gatherer groups of Tierra del Fuego in a diachronic perspective, through measuring the isotopic ratio of carbon (∂13C) and nitrogen (∂15N) in the bone collagen of human and a selection of terrestrial and marine animal samples. The data obtained reveal an unexpected isotopic uniformity across prehistoric and recent groups, with little variation in both carbon and nitrogen mean values, which we interpret as the possible evidence of resilience among these groups and persistence of subsistence strategies, allowing inferences on the dramatic contraction (and extinction) of Fuegian populations.
Fil: Tafuri, Mary Anne. Universita Di Roma; Italia
Fil: Zangrando, Atilio Francisco Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
Fil: Tessone, Augusto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotopica. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotópica; Argentina
Fil: Kochi, Sayuri. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotopica. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotópica; Argentina
Fil: Moggi, Augusto. Università degli Studi di Firenze; Italia
Fil: Di Vincezo, Fabio. Università di Roma; Italia
Fil: Profico, Antonio. Università di Roma; Italia
Fil: Manzi, Giorgio. Università di Roma; Italia
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