Beached penguins on the Atlantic Coast in the Pampas region of Argentina: Taphonomic analysis and implications for the archaeological record

This study evaluates a modern natural deposit of Magellanic penguin remains in the coast of the Pampas region, and discusses the regional availability of this resource for prehistoric hunter-gatherer populations, as well as the potential for the natural incorporation of this species into the archaeo...

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Autores principales:	Massigoge, Agustina, Rafuse, Daniel Joseph, Alvarez, María Clara, Gonzalez, Mariela Edith, Gutierrez, Maria Amelia, Kaufmann, Cristian Ariel, Scheifler, Nahuel Alberto
Formato:	Artículo publishedVersion
Lenguaje:	Inglés
Publicado:	Elsevier Science 2015
Materias:	ACTUALISTIC TAPHONOMY ARCHAEOLOGY COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS MAGELLANIC PENGUIN NON-BREEDING LOCATION PAMPAS REGION Historia Historia y Arqueología HUMANIDADES Meteorología y Ciencias Atmosféricas Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS Otras Ciencias Biológicas Ciencias Biológicas
Acceso en línea:	http://hdl.handle.net/11336/50629 http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/50629
Aporte de:	Suquía - Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba (IDACOR, CONICET y UNC) de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

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topic	ACTUALISTIC TAPHONOMY ARCHAEOLOGY COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS MAGELLANIC PENGUIN NON-BREEDING LOCATION PAMPAS REGION Historia Historia y Arqueología HUMANIDADES Meteorología y Ciencias Atmosféricas Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS Otras Ciencias Biológicas Ciencias Biológicas CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
spellingShingle	ACTUALISTIC TAPHONOMY ARCHAEOLOGY COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS MAGELLANIC PENGUIN NON-BREEDING LOCATION PAMPAS REGION Historia Historia y Arqueología HUMANIDADES Meteorología y Ciencias Atmosféricas Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS Otras Ciencias Biológicas Ciencias Biológicas CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS Massigoge, Agustina Rafuse, Daniel Joseph Alvarez, María Clara Gonzalez, Mariela Edith Gutierrez, Maria Amelia Kaufmann, Cristian Ariel Scheifler, Nahuel Alberto Beached penguins on the Atlantic Coast in the Pampas region of Argentina: Taphonomic analysis and implications for the archaeological record
topic_facet	ACTUALISTIC TAPHONOMY ARCHAEOLOGY COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS MAGELLANIC PENGUIN NON-BREEDING LOCATION PAMPAS REGION Historia Historia y Arqueología HUMANIDADES Meteorología y Ciencias Atmosféricas Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS Otras Ciencias Biológicas Ciencias Biológicas CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
description	This study evaluates a modern natural deposit of Magellanic penguin remains in the coast of the Pampas region, and discusses the regional availability of this resource for prehistoric hunter-gatherer populations, as well as the potential for the natural incorporation of this species into the archaeological record. The penguin assemblage from the surveyed area, which results from beaching during seasonal migration, consists of disarticulated bones, articulated bones, and carcasses. In the skeletal representation, there is a strong predominance of limbs and shoulder girdle elements. Natural processes such as weathering, sedimentary abrasion, and predator action highly affected the preservation of specimens. Even though penguins could have been a potential prey for hunter-gatherer populations of the Pampas region, our results suggest that they were not an attractive food resource given their scarcity and poor nutritional condition. The spatial distribution of modern penguin remains and the archaeological evidence suggest that the natural incorporation of bones from this seabird into surface archaeological sites can be expected in the backshore and deflated interdunes. However, the chances of long term burial and bone preservation are low; thus, the formation of a stratigraphic archaeological site containing intrusive penguin remains in these settings is unlikely.
format	Artículo Artículo publishedVersion
author	Massigoge, Agustina Rafuse, Daniel Joseph Alvarez, María Clara Gonzalez, Mariela Edith Gutierrez, Maria Amelia Kaufmann, Cristian Ariel Scheifler, Nahuel Alberto
author_facet	Massigoge, Agustina Rafuse, Daniel Joseph Alvarez, María Clara Gonzalez, Mariela Edith Gutierrez, Maria Amelia Kaufmann, Cristian Ariel Scheifler, Nahuel Alberto
author_sort	Massigoge, Agustina
title	Beached penguins on the Atlantic Coast in the Pampas region of Argentina: Taphonomic analysis and implications for the archaeological record
title_short	Beached penguins on the Atlantic Coast in the Pampas region of Argentina: Taphonomic analysis and implications for the archaeological record
title_full	Beached penguins on the Atlantic Coast in the Pampas region of Argentina: Taphonomic analysis and implications for the archaeological record
title_fullStr	Beached penguins on the Atlantic Coast in the Pampas region of Argentina: Taphonomic analysis and implications for the archaeological record
title_full_unstemmed	Beached penguins on the Atlantic Coast in the Pampas region of Argentina: Taphonomic analysis and implications for the archaeological record
title_sort	beached penguins on the atlantic coast in the pampas region of argentina: taphonomic analysis and implications for the archaeological record
publisher	Elsevier Science
publishDate	2015
url	http://hdl.handle.net/11336/50629 http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/50629
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Beached penguins on the Atlantic Coast in the Pampas region of Argentina: Taphonomic analysis and implications for the archaeological record

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