Current and potential roles of archaeology in the development of cultural evolutionary theory

R Garvey - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Archaeology has much to contribute to the study of cultural evolution. Empirical data at
archaeological timescales are uniquely well suited to tracking rates of cultural change …

Spatial and temporal trends in Peru's radiocarbon record of middle Holocene foragers

R Garvey, K Poe, L Pratt - Quaternary International, 2024 - Elsevier
The middle Holocene saw major changes in political and socioeconomic organization in
Peru. Still, not all Peruvian groups transitioned to food production or engaged in mound or …

Forager mobility in constructed environments

R Haas, SL Kuhn - Current Anthropology, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
As obligate tool users, humans habitually reconfigure resource distributions on landscapes.
Such resource restructuring would have played a nontrivial role in shaping hunter-gatherer …

Obsidian hydration dating by infrared transmission spectroscopy

F Franchetti, G Neme, A Gil, ML Salgan… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The obsidian dating method converts the quantity of diffused molecular water within a near‐
surface hydration layer to elapsed time using an experimentally derived diffusion coefficient …

Amidst wind, sand and raptors. Small mammal bone remains recovered in open-air archaeological sites from the Monte Desert in Central Western Argentina …

JM López, H Chiavazza - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2019 - Springer
The distinctive characteristic of the Monte Desert, the most arid rangeland of Argentina, is
reflected in the varied composition of its small mammal fauna. The present study analyses …

Non-ingested vertebrate prey remains accumulated by the Chaco eagle (Buteogallus coronatus): neo-taphonomy to evaluate open-air faunal records in central …

NM Guardia, J Mignino, A Zarco, H Chiavazza… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Chaco eagle (Buteogallus coronatus) is a large, endangered, and little-known
bird of prey distributed throughout southern South America. This bird of prey accumulates …

Tafonomía actualística de restos óseos y dentarios de micromamíferos recuperados en egagrópilas generadas por la lechucita de las vizcacheras (Athene cunicularia …

JM López, MF Quintana, J Mignino… - Intersecciones en …, 2021 - SciELO Argentina
En el presente estudio se amplía y discute la evidencia tafonómica sobre acumulaciones
óseas y dentarias de micromamíferos generadas por la depredación de la lechucita de las …

Land use and risk management in the Diamante Valley, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina

F Franchetti - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
This research discusses land use in three ecological zones from the Diamante Valley: the
highlands, the piedmont, and the lowlands—while focusing on mobility and the lithic …

Long-Term Camelid Husbandry and Agricultural Intensification in the Southern Nasca Region, Peru: Insight from Faunal Isotopes

JW Eerkens, KJ Vaughn, M Linares-Grados… - Latin American …, 2024 - cambridge.org
We examined stable isotopes (δ13C, δ15N, and δ34S) of camelid, cavid, and cervid remains
from Upanca, an archaeological site located in the Southern Nasca Region on the south …

El registro arqueologico de valles de altitud intermedia en la cuenca del Río Diamante

C Otaola, MA Giardina, FR Franchetti - 2020 - notablesdelaciencia.conicet.gov.ar
En este trabajo se presentan los resultados del análisis de cuatro sitios arqueológicos
localizados en los valles cordilleranos de altitud intermedia del río Diamante: El Perdido 1 …