Micromammals from the Cueva Galpón archaeological site (Río Negro, Argentina): Taphonomic issues and paleoenvironmental reconstruction during the late Holocene in Northeastern Patagonia
Cueva Galpón is located in the Sierra Colorada or Pailemán, close to the eastern edge of the Somuncurá plateau. Radiocarbon dates situate the archaeological deposit within the Late Holocene, thus the assemblage provides a relevant record for inferring environmental change in the montane desert durin...
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Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
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Rodents Marsupials Owl pellets Sierra Colorada or Pailemán Monte Desert Roedores Marsupiales Egagrópilas de lechuzas Sierra Colorada o Pailemán Desierto del Monte Fernández, Fernando J. Teta, Pablo Mange, Emiliano Prates, Luciano González Venanzi, Lucio Pardiñas, Ulyses F. J. Micromammals from the Cueva Galpón archaeological site (Río Negro, Argentina): Taphonomic issues and paleoenvironmental reconstruction during the late Holocene in Northeastern Patagonia |
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Rodents Marsupials Owl pellets Sierra Colorada or Pailemán Monte Desert Roedores Marsupiales Egagrópilas de lechuzas Sierra Colorada o Pailemán Desierto del Monte |
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Cueva Galpón is located in the Sierra Colorada or Pailemán, close to the eastern edge of the Somuncurá plateau. Radiocarbon dates situate the archaeological deposit within the Late Holocene, thus the assemblage provides a relevant record for inferring environmental change in the montane desert during the last 3,000 years. For this article, micromammalian bone accumulations from the archaeological sequence (NISP = 4.594 and MNI = 566) were studied. Preserved owl pellets and skeletal specimens with light digestive corrosion, suggest that the micromammal remains were mainly deposited by strigiform birds. Two marsupials, seven sigmodontines, and at least four caviomorph species were recorded. Two of them –Lestodelphys halli and Tympanoctomys kirchnerorum- are now no longer present in the area. The taxonomic composition of the studied sample suggests an ecotonal environment between the Patagonian steppe and montane desert. It is possible that at the time, temperatures would have been lower and precipitation slightly higher than at present. However, the lack of faunal elements typical of the Somuncurá plateau, such as abrotrichines or Euneomys petersoni, indicates that Late Holocene environmental fluctuations were not of sufficient magnitude to cause significant faunal changes. |
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Fernández, Fernando J. Teta, Pablo Mange, Emiliano Prates, Luciano González Venanzi, Lucio Pardiñas, Ulyses F. J. |
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Fernández, Fernando J. Teta, Pablo Mange, Emiliano Prates, Luciano González Venanzi, Lucio Pardiñas, Ulyses F. J. |
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Fernández, Fernando J. |
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Micromammals from the Cueva Galpón archaeological site (Río Negro, Argentina): Taphonomic issues and paleoenvironmental reconstruction during the late Holocene in Northeastern Patagonia |
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Micromammals from the Cueva Galpón archaeological site (Río Negro, Argentina): Taphonomic issues and paleoenvironmental reconstruction during the late Holocene in Northeastern Patagonia |
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Micromammals from the Cueva Galpón archaeological site (Río Negro, Argentina): Taphonomic issues and paleoenvironmental reconstruction during the late Holocene in Northeastern Patagonia |
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Micromammals from the Cueva Galpón archaeological site (Río Negro, Argentina): Taphonomic issues and paleoenvironmental reconstruction during the late Holocene in Northeastern Patagonia |
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Micromammals from the Cueva Galpón archaeological site (Río Negro, Argentina): Taphonomic issues and paleoenvironmental reconstruction during the late Holocene in Northeastern Patagonia |
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micromammals from the cueva galpón archaeological site (río negro, argentina): taphonomic issues and paleoenvironmental reconstruction during the late holocene in northeastern patagonia |
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Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires |
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2016 |
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http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/3279 |
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