Carbon and nitrogen isotopic survey of northern Peruvian plants: baselines for paleodietary and paleoecological studies

P Szpak, CD White, FJ Longstaffe, JF Millaire… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The development of isotopic baselines for comparison with paleodietary data is crucial, but
often overlooked. We review the factors affecting the carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) …

Pigments, binders, and ages of rock art at Viuda Quenzana, Santa Cruz, Patagonia (Argentina)

GA Brook, NV Franco, A Cherkinsky, A Acevedo… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The first direct AMS radiocarbon dating of two rock art motifs in separate rock shelters (VQ1
and VQ2) at the Viuda Quenzana (VQ) archaeological locality in Patagonia, has provided …

δ13C and δ15N of plants in a longitudinal transect from the Andes to the Atlantic coast: Terrestrial baseline for paleodietary and paleocological studies

A Tessone, A Srur, JN Aranibar - Journal of Archaeological Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The application of stable isotopes in ecology, archeology or paleocology highlight the need
to understand the variability of the isotopic baselines, as a fundamental step to know the …

Dietary patterns in human populations from northwest Patagonia during Holocene: an approach using Binford's frames of reference and Bayesian isotope mixing …

F Gordón, S Ivan Perez, A Hajduk, M Lezcano… - Archaeological and …, 2018 - Springer
The goal of this paper is to assess the variation in the proportional contribution of diverse
resources to the diet of human populations from northwest Patagonia (Argentina) throughout …

Constructing an isotope ecology in southern Patagonia: Herbivore δ13C and δ15N variability from the Andes to Atlantic coast

A Tessone - Quaternary International, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to assess the variability of the stable carbon and nitrogen isotope
composition of herbivores-guanaco and huemul-in southern Patagonia. The study area …

Special pet, special care. Diet, provenance, and health analyses of a dog reveal strong ties with humans in Patagonia

L González Venanzi, V Romano, D Saghessi… - Archaeological and …, 2023 - Springer
The introduction of the dog in Patagonia is recorded from the Late Holocene. Documents
from the nineteenth century indicate that dogs had various utilitarian roles among hunter …

Isotopic ecology and human diets in the forest–steppe ecotone, Aisén Region, Central‐Western Patagonia, Chile

C Méndez, R Barberena, O Reyes… - International Journal …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This work aims to build a comprehensive isotopic ecology with the ultimate purpose of
assessing long‐term human diet decision‐making by means of stable isotope analysis. We …

Investigating human responses to political and environmental change through paleodiet and paleomobility

KJ Knudson, C Torres‐Rouff… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Bioarchaeological approaches are well suited for examining past responses to political and
environmental changes. In the Andes, we hypothesized that political and environmental …

Isotopic evidence of weaning in hunter‐gatherers from the late holocene in L ake S alitroso, P atagonia, A rgentina

A Tessone, S Garcia Guraieb, RA Goñi… - American journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: The timing and duration of breastfeeding and weaning in past hunter‐gatherer
populations are discussed based on the results of stable carbon and nitrogen isotope …

Isotopes and rocks: geographical organisation of southern Patagonian hunter‐gatherers

LA Borrero, R Barberena, NV Franco… - International Journal …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We present an archaeological study of hunter‐gatherer home ranges on the basis of two
lines of evidence. Firstly, we discuss information related to the mobility of individuals, which …