Taguatagua 1: New insights into the late Pleistocene fauna, paleoenvironment, and human subsistence in a unique lacustrine context in central Chile

R Labarca, E González-Guarda… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Laguna de Tagua Tagua has yielded two important late Pleistocene
archaeological sites, Taguatagua 1 and Taguatagua 2, in which a clear early human …

Actualistic taphonomy of barn owl pellet‐derived small mammal bone accumulations in arid environments of South America

JM Lopez - Journal of Quaternary Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The avian family of barn owls (Tytonidae, Strigiformes) is the most geographically
widespread group of owls in the world and one of the most common accumulators of small …

Human resilience to Holocene climate changes inferred from rodent middens in drylands of northwestern Patagonia (Argentina)

C Llano, ME de Porras, R Barberena, A Timpson… - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
We reconstruct the Holocene vegetation, climate, and archaeological history for drylands of
northwestern Patagonia, Argentina, based on multiproxy analysis (plant macrofossil, pollen …

Neo-taphonomy of prey bones ingested by pumas in central western Argentina

JM López, C Otaola, M Giardina, C Huczak… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pumas are American top predators that commonly frequent places that may also be
inhabited by humans. With the aim of contributing to the evaluation of the accumulating …

Small mammal remains from Cueva Huenul 1, northern Patagonia, Argentina: Taphonomy and paleoenvironments since the Late Pleistocene

FJ Fernández, P Teta, R Barberena… - Quaternary …, 2012 - Elsevier
Small mammal samples from the archaeological sequence of Cueva Huenul 1 (CH1, 36°
56′ 45 ″S, 69° 47′ 32 ″W, Neuquén Province, Argentina) are described, and …

Disentangling the complex alpha taxonomy of Andean populations of Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) from northern Patagonia: the need for extensive sampling …

MN Tammone, EA Lacey, D Voglino… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
In the Andean portion of northern Patagonia, populations of Ctenomys are found from low-
elevation plains to high-elevation meadows and valleys. Despite their prevalence, the …

The barn owl as an accumulator of bone remains in central western Argentina: multi-taxa neo-taphonomic approach and implications for Holocene contexts

FS Rubini, J Mignino, NM Guardia, A Zarco… - The …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Barn owls are the most widely distributed group of owls in the world and are among the most
common accumulators of small vertebrate remains at archeological and paleontological …

Dramatic recent changes in small mammal assemblages from Northern Patagonia: A caution for paleoenvironmental reconstructions

MN Tammone, EA Lacey, UFJ Pardiñas - The Holocene, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Temporal differences in fossil assemblages of small mammals can generate important
insights into associated environmental conditions. Moreover, by including modern …

Human subsistence and environmental stability during the last 2200 years in Epullán Chica cave (northwestern Patagonia, Argentina): A perspective from the …

FJ Fernández, LM del Papa, E Mange, P Teta… - Quaternary …, 2016 - Elsevier
The faunal content from Epullán Chica archaeological site (ECh, thereafter), a small cave
located in northwestern Patagonia, Argentina, was studied from taphonomic and …

The Role of Bubo virginianus magellanicus as Rodent Bone Accumulator in Archaeological Sites: A Case Study for the Atuel River (Mendoza, Argentina)

CI Montalvo, FJ Fernández… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Micromammalian bone assemblages from modern pellets of the strigiform Bubo virginianus
magellanicus, from the upper Atuel River (southern Mendoza, Argentina), were …