Between space and time: Naturalist taphonomic observations of lesser rhea (Rhea pennata pennata) remains in southern patagonia and its archaeological implications
The results of taphonomic observations of modern bones of lesser rhea, a large flightless bird, endemic to South America, are presented. The aim was to know the sequence of disarticulation and destruction of bone elements of this species, as a means to interpret and understand the anatomical frequen...
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| description | The results of taphonomic observations of modern bones of lesser rhea, a large flightless bird, endemic to South America, are presented. The aim was to know the sequence of disarticulation and destruction of bone elements of this species, as a means to interpret and understand the anatomical frequencies in zooarcheological assemblages. The results obtained in a wide spatial or landscape scale are combined with those of longitudinal or long-term observations of naturally deposited lesser rhea carcasses. These bird remains are scarce in the archaeological deposits of the region, while exhibiting an anatomical representation in which the elements of the hindlimbs predominate. Actualistic observations showed a similar representation in modern natural assemblages, in which the joints that last longer include the pelvis/sacrum-hindlimbs, and hindlimbs elements from each other. The latter are the last to be destroyed. That is to say that two different processes, natural recycling and the human action of selective transport, can result in the same representation pattern of skeletal parts of Rhea pennata pennata, which poses a problem of equifinality that is difficult to solve. |
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| spelling | suquia-ffyh.1753272024-08-02T01:23:14Z Between space and time: Naturalist taphonomic observations of lesser rhea (Rhea pennata pennata) remains in southern patagonia and its archaeological implications Cruz, Isabel Muñoz, Andres Sebastian ANATOMICAL REPRESENTATION LANDSCAPE TAPHONOMY LONGITUDINAL TAPHONOMIC STUDIES MODERN BONE ASSEMBLAGES PATAGONIA RHEA PENNATA PENNATA https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6 The results of taphonomic observations of modern bones of lesser rhea, a large flightless bird, endemic to South America, are presented. The aim was to know the sequence of disarticulation and destruction of bone elements of this species, as a means to interpret and understand the anatomical frequencies in zooarcheological assemblages. The results obtained in a wide spatial or landscape scale are combined with those of longitudinal or long-term observations of naturally deposited lesser rhea carcasses. These bird remains are scarce in the archaeological deposits of the region, while exhibiting an anatomical representation in which the elements of the hindlimbs predominate. Actualistic observations showed a similar representation in modern natural assemblages, in which the joints that last longer include the pelvis/sacrum-hindlimbs, and hindlimbs elements from each other. The latter are the last to be destroyed. That is to say that two different processes, natural recycling and the human action of selective transport, can result in the same representation pattern of skeletal parts of Rhea pennata pennata, which poses a problem of equifinality that is difficult to solve. Fil: Cruz, Isabel. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral. Unidad Académica Río Gallegos; Argentina Fil: Muñoz, Andres Sebastian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba; Argentina 2020-06 2024-08-02T01:23:14Z 2024-08-02T01:23:14Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/11336/143382 Cruz, Isabel; Muñoz, Andres Sebastian; Between space and time: Naturalist taphonomic observations of lesser rhea (Rhea pennata pennata) remains in southern patagonia and its archaeological implications; Elsevier; Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports; 31; 6-2020; 1-7 2352-409X CONICET Digital CONICET https://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/suquia/175327 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X2030081X info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102290 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/ application/pdf application/pdf Elsevier |
| spellingShingle | ANATOMICAL REPRESENTATION LANDSCAPE TAPHONOMY LONGITUDINAL TAPHONOMIC STUDIES MODERN BONE ASSEMBLAGES PATAGONIA RHEA PENNATA PENNATA https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6 Cruz, Isabel Muñoz, Andres Sebastian Between space and time: Naturalist taphonomic observations of lesser rhea (Rhea pennata pennata) remains in southern patagonia and its archaeological implications |
| title | Between space and time: Naturalist taphonomic observations of lesser rhea (Rhea pennata pennata) remains in southern patagonia and its archaeological implications |
| title_full | Between space and time: Naturalist taphonomic observations of lesser rhea (Rhea pennata pennata) remains in southern patagonia and its archaeological implications |
| title_fullStr | Between space and time: Naturalist taphonomic observations of lesser rhea (Rhea pennata pennata) remains in southern patagonia and its archaeological implications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Between space and time: Naturalist taphonomic observations of lesser rhea (Rhea pennata pennata) remains in southern patagonia and its archaeological implications |
| title_short | Between space and time: Naturalist taphonomic observations of lesser rhea (Rhea pennata pennata) remains in southern patagonia and its archaeological implications |
| title_sort | between space and time naturalist taphonomic observations of lesser rhea rhea pennata pennata remains in southern patagonia and its archaeological implications |
| topic | ANATOMICAL REPRESENTATION LANDSCAPE TAPHONOMY LONGITUDINAL TAPHONOMIC STUDIES MODERN BONE ASSEMBLAGES PATAGONIA RHEA PENNATA PENNATA https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6 |
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