Longitudinal taphonomic studies of mammal carcasses from the Rio Salado Valley, Mendoza, Argentina

Taphonomic studies aid in understanding the transition of organic matter from living contexts (the biosphere) to geological contexts (the lithosphere), and how agents and processes affect skeletal remains in the archaeological record. Archaeological research in the Atuel River valley, Mendoza, Argen...

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Publicado: 2016
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Actualistic studies
Mountain environments
Taphonomy
Zooarchaeology
Acceso en línea:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_21598126_v7_n1_p1_Otaola
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_21598126_v7_n1_p1_Otaola
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spelling paper:paper_21598126_v7_n1_p1_Otaola2023-06-08T16:34:25Z Longitudinal taphonomic studies of mammal carcasses from the Rio Salado Valley, Mendoza, Argentina Actualistic studies Mountain environments Taphonomy Zooarchaeology Taphonomic studies aid in understanding the transition of organic matter from living contexts (the biosphere) to geological contexts (the lithosphere), and how agents and processes affect skeletal remains in the archaeological record. Archaeological research in the Atuel River valley, Mendoza, Argentina, has been carried out for several years. However, actualistic approaches to examine local and regional taphonomic processes have only been recently developed in this area. Longitudinal studies of disarticulation and dispersion of bones from carcasses are presented here in order to understand how skeletal materials are naturally added to, subtracted from, and mixed within the archaeological record. In this paper we explore variability in the influence of taphonomic processes in different microhabitats of the valley and how these mechanisms impact the potential of mixing during bone deposition in the archaeological record. There are some qualitative differences between carcasses deposited in different landforms, showing that each place has its own taphonomic history, principally influenced by the geomorphic and ecologic processes that operate in different landforms. © Copyright 2016 Otaola and Tripaldi; licensee Society of Ethnobiology. 2016 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_21598126_v7_n1_p1_Otaola http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_21598126_v7_n1_p1_Otaola
institution Universidad de Buenos Aires
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collection Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA)
topic Actualistic studies
Mountain environments
Taphonomy
Zooarchaeology
spellingShingle Actualistic studies
Mountain environments
Taphonomy
Zooarchaeology
Longitudinal taphonomic studies of mammal carcasses from the Rio Salado Valley, Mendoza, Argentina
topic_facet Actualistic studies
Mountain environments
Taphonomy
Zooarchaeology
description Taphonomic studies aid in understanding the transition of organic matter from living contexts (the biosphere) to geological contexts (the lithosphere), and how agents and processes affect skeletal remains in the archaeological record. Archaeological research in the Atuel River valley, Mendoza, Argentina, has been carried out for several years. However, actualistic approaches to examine local and regional taphonomic processes have only been recently developed in this area. Longitudinal studies of disarticulation and dispersion of bones from carcasses are presented here in order to understand how skeletal materials are naturally added to, subtracted from, and mixed within the archaeological record. In this paper we explore variability in the influence of taphonomic processes in different microhabitats of the valley and how these mechanisms impact the potential of mixing during bone deposition in the archaeological record. There are some qualitative differences between carcasses deposited in different landforms, showing that each place has its own taphonomic history, principally influenced by the geomorphic and ecologic processes that operate in different landforms. © Copyright 2016 Otaola and Tripaldi; licensee Society of Ethnobiology.
title Longitudinal taphonomic studies of mammal carcasses from the Rio Salado Valley, Mendoza, Argentina
title_short Longitudinal taphonomic studies of mammal carcasses from the Rio Salado Valley, Mendoza, Argentina
title_full Longitudinal taphonomic studies of mammal carcasses from the Rio Salado Valley, Mendoza, Argentina
title_fullStr Longitudinal taphonomic studies of mammal carcasses from the Rio Salado Valley, Mendoza, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Longitudinal taphonomic studies of mammal carcasses from the Rio Salado Valley, Mendoza, Argentina
title_sort longitudinal taphonomic studies of mammal carcasses from the rio salado valley, mendoza, argentina
publishDate 2016
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_21598126_v7_n1_p1_Otaola
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_21598126_v7_n1_p1_Otaola
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