New palaeoecological approaches to interpret climatic fluctuations in Holocenic sites of the Pampean Region of Argentina

S García-Morato, Y Fernandez-Jalvo… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The apparently regular and favourable climate that characterizes the Holocene as an
interglacial period shows, however, important climatic instability well documented in the …

Use of the Plains Vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus) by Indigenous Societies in the Pampas Ecoregion (Argentina)

A Massigoge, JM Rodríguez, MC Álvarez… - … Vizcachas: Biology and …, 2024 - Springer
This chapter reviews the plains vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus) bone record from
archaeological sites in the Pampas ecoregion. Information from 82 archaeological sites was …

Bone modification and destruction patterns of leporid carcasses by Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi): An experimental study

MC Álvarez, CA Kaufmann, A Massigoge… - Quaternary …, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper characterizes the bone modification patterns on leporid carcasses generated by
captive Geoffroy's cats (Leopardus geoffroyi). The modification pattern from non-ingested …

[HTML][HTML] Big questions for small animals. Taphonomic analysis of small vertebrates in Matja Kuru 2 (Timor-Leste) during the late pleistocene

SCS Carro, C Raymond, V Weisbecker… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The analysis of subsistence practices in the Lesser Sunda Islands (from Bali in the west to
Wetar and Timor to the east) provides data to interpret anatomically modern humans' …

Ten years of actualistic taphonomic research in the Pampas region of Argentina: Contributions to regional archaeology

MA Gutiérrez, DJ Rafuse, MC Álvarez… - Quaternary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, we have conducted an actualistic taphonomic research program in the
Humid Pampas of Argentina, in order to build a corpus of information about the taphonomic …

Unexpected low genetic variation in the South American hystricognath rodent Lagostomus maximus (Rodentia: Chinchillidae)

MC Gariboldi, PIF Inserra, S Lucero, M Failla, SI Perez… - Plos one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The South American plains vizcacha, Lagostomus maximus inhabits primarily the Pampean
and adjoining Espinal, Monte and Chaquenean regions of Argentina. In order to study the …

Taphonomy of modern communal burrow systems of the Plains vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus, Chinchillidae) in the Pampas region of Argentina: implications for the …

DJ Rafuse, CA Kaufmann, MA Gutiérrez… - Historical …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Plains vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus) is one of the largest rodents in South
America. They live in communal burrow systems (vizcacheras) shaped by complex …

Assessing strategies for coypu hunting and use in the Salado river depression (Buenos Aires province, Argentina)

MI González, PD Escosteguy, MC Salemme… - … hunting strategies in …, 2021 - Springer
Coypu (Myocastor coypus) was intensively exploited during the Late Holocene in different
areas of the Pampean Region and the Northeast of Argentina. This species was one of the …

Small mammals (Didelphimorphia and Rodentia) of the archaeological site Calera (Pampean region, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina): taphonomic history and Late …

N Scheifler, P Teta, UUFJ Pardiñas - Quaternary International, 2012 - Elsevier
Small mammal (Rodentia and Didelphimorphia) remains were recovered from the
archaeological site Calera, Pampean region, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. This site is …