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 …

Camelid husbandry in the Atacama Desert? A stable isotope study of camelid bone collagen and textiles from the Lluta and Camarones Valleys, northern Chile

P Szpak, D Valenzuela - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Management of camelids in the coastal valleys of the Andes has generated much debate in
recent years. Zooarchaeological and isotopic studies have demonstrated that in the coastal …

35 años de análisis de Isótopos Estables en la Arqueología Argentina: Conceptos, fundamentos, metodología y aplicaciones

HO Panarello, A Tessone, VAK Galván… - … del Instituto Nacional …, 2021 - pure.mpg.de
El objetivo de este trabajo es celebrar más de tres décadas de la integración de los análisis
de isótopos estables en investigaciones arqueológicas en nuestro país. Se presenta una …

Reconstructing middle horizon camelid diets and foddering practices: Microbotanical and isotope analyses of dental remains from Quilcapampa, Perú

MA Melton, AK Alaica, ME Biwer… - Latin American …, 2023 - cambridge.org
This study uses isotope and microbotanical data from the analysis of teeth and dental
calculus to investigate camelid diet and foddering practices at Quilcapampa (AD 835–900) …

South American Archaeological Isotopic Database, a regional-scale multi-isotope data compendium for research

L Pezo-Lanfranco, P Mut, J Chávez, T Fossile… - Scientific Data, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The South American Archaeological Isotopic Database (SAAID) is a comprehensive
open-access resource that aggregates all available bioarchaeological stable and radiogenic …

Stable isotope compositions of South American camelids in the Dry Puna of Argentina: A frame of reference for the study of prehistoric herding and hunting strategies

CT Samec, HD Yacobaccio, HO Panarello - Journal of Archaeological …, 2018 - Elsevier
The prehistoric pastoralist groups that inhabited the Dry Puna of Argentina employed a
combination of subsistence strategies that included the herding of domestic South American …

Carbon and nitrogen isotopic ecology of Holocene camelids in the Southern Puna (Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca, Argentina): Archaeological and …

J Grant, M Mondini, HO Panarello - Journal of Archaeological Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
This article focuses on camelid isotope ecology from archaeological sites dating to the
Holocene (c. 9800–420 BP) located in the Southern Argentine Puna. We present 92 carbon …

Variations in the Isotopic Niche of South American Camelids: A Vision from Applied Zooarchaeology

A Tessone, S Kochi, C Samec, C Otaola… - Nature (s) in …, 2024 - Springer
The aim of this chapter is to explore temporal changes in the ecological niches of different
species of camelids by establishing their isotopic niches. Camelids were the main animal …

Assessing prehispanic herding strategies through stable isotope analysis: A case study from the Dry Puna of Argentina

CT Samec, M Pirola, HD Yacobaccio… - Environmental …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The main goal of this work is to study the camelid herding and management strategies
employed by the human groups that occupied the Dry Puna of Argentina during the late …

Stable isotope composition (C and N) of vegetation in subtropical Andes: Piedmont 'anomaly'and its implications for paleo (ecology) and human diet reconstruction

J Aranibar, JA Molina, G Neme, F Roig… - Environmental …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Isotope baselines are fundamental to infer diets, and to evaluate trophic relationships
between humans, animals, and plants. In this study, we aim to detect spatial patterns of δ …