Human Predation and Natural History of Huemul (Cervidae; Hippocamelus bisulcus Molina) in Patagonia: A Zooarchaeological Analysis

We use published zooarchaeological evidence to discuss the various hypotheses concerning the past distribution of huemuls in Patagonia, southern South America. We then use these data to evaluate the interactions between this cervid and hunter-gatherers during the Holocene. The zooarchaeological reco...

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Autores principales: Fernández, Pablo Marcelo, Cruz, Isabel, Belardi, Juan Bautista, de Nigris, Mariana Eleonor, Muñoz, Andres Sebastian
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Publicado: Society of Ethnobiology 2015
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/97552
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/97552
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topic CHOROLOGY
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
HIPPOCAMELUS BISULCUS
PATAGONIA
ZOOARCHAEOLOGY
Arqueología
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
spellingShingle CHOROLOGY
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
HIPPOCAMELUS BISULCUS
PATAGONIA
ZOOARCHAEOLOGY
Arqueología
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
Fernández, Pablo Marcelo
Cruz, Isabel
Belardi, Juan Bautista
de Nigris, Mariana Eleonor
Muñoz, Andres Sebastian
Human Predation and Natural History of Huemul (Cervidae; Hippocamelus bisulcus Molina) in Patagonia: A Zooarchaeological Analysis
topic_facet CHOROLOGY
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
HIPPOCAMELUS BISULCUS
PATAGONIA
ZOOARCHAEOLOGY
Arqueología
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
description We use published zooarchaeological evidence to discuss the various hypotheses concerning the past distribution of huemuls in Patagonia, southern South America. We then use these data to evaluate the interactions between this cervid and hunter-gatherers during the Holocene. The zooarchaeological record shows that huemul mainly inhabited forested and forest-steppe ecotonal environments during the Holocene. Huemul were hunted in exceptional circumstances during the early occupation of Patagonia. Its presence in the zooarchaeological record of South Patagonia increases after 9500 BP and is more frequent after 2200 BP. However, the taxonomic contribution of the species' bone remains to the archaeological record is always low. The few assemblages where there are a high number of huemul bones would have been the result of opportunistic hunting episodes. This in turn suggests that hunting of huemul had little or no influence on the animal's regional distribution over time. However, the progressively greater human presence in some forested areas towards the end of the Holocene could have affected huemul populations at the local scale. The zooarchaeological information presented in this paper illustrates interspecific and long-term relationships and, hence, could serve as essential information in future management strategies for huemul in Argentina and Chile.
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author Fernández, Pablo Marcelo
Cruz, Isabel
Belardi, Juan Bautista
de Nigris, Mariana Eleonor
Muñoz, Andres Sebastian
author_facet Fernández, Pablo Marcelo
Cruz, Isabel
Belardi, Juan Bautista
de Nigris, Mariana Eleonor
Muñoz, Andres Sebastian
author_sort Fernández, Pablo Marcelo
title Human Predation and Natural History of Huemul (Cervidae; Hippocamelus bisulcus Molina) in Patagonia: A Zooarchaeological Analysis
title_short Human Predation and Natural History of Huemul (Cervidae; Hippocamelus bisulcus Molina) in Patagonia: A Zooarchaeological Analysis
title_full Human Predation and Natural History of Huemul (Cervidae; Hippocamelus bisulcus Molina) in Patagonia: A Zooarchaeological Analysis
title_fullStr Human Predation and Natural History of Huemul (Cervidae; Hippocamelus bisulcus Molina) in Patagonia: A Zooarchaeological Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Human Predation and Natural History of Huemul (Cervidae; Hippocamelus bisulcus Molina) in Patagonia: A Zooarchaeological Analysis
title_sort human predation and natural history of huemul (cervidae; hippocamelus bisulcus molina) in patagonia: a zooarchaeological analysis
publisher Society of Ethnobiology
publishDate 2015
url http://hdl.handle.net/11336/97552
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/97552
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