Naturalistic Observations on the Disarticulation of False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens) Carcasses: Fifteen Years after

A mass stranding of 181 false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) occurred in March 1989 on both sides of the Strait of Magellan. Fifteen years later, taphonomic observations were made on this concentration and the results are presented in this article. In the coast of Bahía Lomas, Tierra del Fuego...

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Autores principales: Borella, Florencia, Borrero, Luis Alberto
Formato: Artículo publishedVersion
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: The Palaeontological Network Foundation 2017
Materias:
WHALES
ORDER OF DISARTICULATION
PSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS
ZOOARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSEMBLAGES
Historia
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/66275
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/66275
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Suquía - Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba (IDACOR, CONICET y UNC) de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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topic WHALES
ORDER OF DISARTICULATION
PSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS
ZOOARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSEMBLAGES
Historia
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
spellingShingle WHALES
ORDER OF DISARTICULATION
PSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS
ZOOARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSEMBLAGES
Historia
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
Borella, Florencia
Borrero, Luis Alberto
Naturalistic Observations on the Disarticulation of False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens) Carcasses: Fifteen Years after
topic_facet WHALES
ORDER OF DISARTICULATION
PSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS
ZOOARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSEMBLAGES
Historia
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
description A mass stranding of 181 false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) occurred in March 1989 on both sides of the Strait of Magellan. Fifteen years later, taphonomic observations were made on this concentration and the results are presented in this article. In the coast of Bahía Lomas, Tierra del Fuego (Chile), frequencies of articulated elements were quantified following Hill (1979a, 1979b), and a ranking of natural bone disarticulation for whales was proposed. This ranking was made on the basis of skeletons from one species but, given the morphological similarities of Cetaceae, it is possible to suggest that it applies to similarly-sized Odontoceti. Together with other useful taphonomic criteria (weathering and bone preservation), these results can be used to disentangle the origin of whale bone accumulations at coastal archaeological sites in different parts of the world and to estimate the time of burial of zooarchaeological assemblages. In this way, the role of whales in human diet can be discussed in greater detail.
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Borrero, Luis Alberto
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title Naturalistic Observations on the Disarticulation of False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens) Carcasses: Fifteen Years after
title_short Naturalistic Observations on the Disarticulation of False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens) Carcasses: Fifteen Years after
title_full Naturalistic Observations on the Disarticulation of False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens) Carcasses: Fifteen Years after
title_fullStr Naturalistic Observations on the Disarticulation of False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens) Carcasses: Fifteen Years after
title_full_unstemmed Naturalistic Observations on the Disarticulation of False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens) Carcasses: Fifteen Years after
title_sort naturalistic observations on the disarticulation of false killer whales (pseudorca crassidens) carcasses: fifteen years after
publisher The Palaeontological Network Foundation
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http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/66275
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