Accumulation of lizard remains in the archaeological site Orejas de Burro 1 (province of Santa Cruz, Argentina)

In the present contribution lizards remains recovered in the archaeological site Orejas de Burro 1 (OB1), located in the volcanic field PaliAike, South of the province of Santa Cruz(Argentina) are described. Materials include remains of coronoids, dentaries, frontals, maxillae, premaxillae, long bon...

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Autor principal: Albino, Adriana; Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata-CONICET
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/15261
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/suquia/2674
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topic Iguania; zooarchaeology; Liolaemus; Patagonia
zooarqueologìa
Iguania; zooarqueología; Liolaemus; Patagonia
spellingShingle Iguania; zooarchaeology; Liolaemus; Patagonia
zooarqueologìa
Iguania; zooarqueología; Liolaemus; Patagonia
Albino, Adriana; Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata-CONICET
Accumulation of lizard remains in the archaeological site Orejas de Burro 1 (province of Santa Cruz, Argentina)
topic_facet Iguania; zooarchaeology; Liolaemus; Patagonia
zooarqueologìa
Iguania; zooarqueología; Liolaemus; Patagonia
description In the present contribution lizards remains recovered in the archaeological site Orejas de Burro 1 (OB1), located in the volcanic field PaliAike, South of the province of Santa Cruz(Argentina) are described. Materials include remains of coronoids, dentaries, frontals, maxillae, premaxillae, long bones, parietals, vertebrae and other bone fragments. Osteological features allow the taxonomic assignment of these elements to the genus Liolaemus. Until now, more than 100 left dentaries and 100 right dentaries’ have been recognized, supporting the presence of at least 100 individuals. The abundance of owl regurgitation pellets would explain the entrance of the lizard remains in the site. The record of lizards in OB1 is the third recognition of the genus Liolaemus in an archaeological site of Argentina, constituting the southernmost finding until now, and the most abundant and diverse in osteological elements. So far, the archaeological sites of Patagonia are characterized by the taxonomic homogeneity of lizards, where the only taxon recognized is Liolaemus.
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author Albino, Adriana; Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata-CONICET
author_facet Albino, Adriana; Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata-CONICET
author_sort Albino, Adriana; Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata-CONICET
title Accumulation of lizard remains in the archaeological site Orejas de Burro 1 (province of Santa Cruz, Argentina)
title_short Accumulation of lizard remains in the archaeological site Orejas de Burro 1 (province of Santa Cruz, Argentina)
title_full Accumulation of lizard remains in the archaeological site Orejas de Burro 1 (province of Santa Cruz, Argentina)
title_fullStr Accumulation of lizard remains in the archaeological site Orejas de Burro 1 (province of Santa Cruz, Argentina)
title_full_unstemmed Accumulation of lizard remains in the archaeological site Orejas de Burro 1 (province of Santa Cruz, Argentina)
title_sort accumulation of lizard remains in the archaeological site orejas de burro 1 (province of santa cruz, argentina)
publisher Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología
publishDate 2017
url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/15261
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/suquia/2674
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