An integral approach to the study of bromalites: Late Quaternary and neo-taphonomic case studies from arid South America
Bromalites are fossil traces of organisms, consisting of material from their digestive system, including coprolites, regurgitalites, consumulites, pabulites and digestilites (Hunt, 1992; Hunt and Lucas, 2021). As such, they inform about the interactions between bromalite-producing organisms and othe...
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| description | Bromalites are fossil traces of organisms, consisting of material from their digestive system, including coprolites, regurgitalites, consumulites, pabulites and digestilites (Hunt, 1992; Hunt and Lucas, 2021). As such, they inform about the interactions between bromalite-producing organisms and others, as well as between them and the environment generally, at a relatively fine temporal and spatial resolution. Yet, bromalites have often been dismissed in paleontological and, especially, archaeological research. This work discusses the relevance of bromalites as sources of paleoecological and even cultural information, and the importance of integrating multiple lines of evidence and different scales of analysis in the taphonomic study of bromalites. To do so, it reviews the different proxies that can be analysed, and illustrates this integral approach with examples of late Quaternary and modern contexts from an ongoing project in arid South America. It intends to show the potential of such a multiproxy and multiscale approach in order to elicit as much information as possible from these palaeobiological reservoirs. |
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| spelling | suquia-ffyh.1749082024-08-02T01:21:37Z An integral approach to the study of bromalites: Late Quaternary and neo-taphonomic case studies from arid South America Mondini, Nora Mariana COPROLITES MULTI-SCALE APPROACH MULTIPROXY ANALYSIS NEO-TAPHONOMY QUATERNARY RAPTOR PELLETS SOUTH AMERICA https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6 Bromalites are fossil traces of organisms, consisting of material from their digestive system, including coprolites, regurgitalites, consumulites, pabulites and digestilites (Hunt, 1992; Hunt and Lucas, 2021). As such, they inform about the interactions between bromalite-producing organisms and others, as well as between them and the environment generally, at a relatively fine temporal and spatial resolution. Yet, bromalites have often been dismissed in paleontological and, especially, archaeological research. This work discusses the relevance of bromalites as sources of paleoecological and even cultural information, and the importance of integrating multiple lines of evidence and different scales of analysis in the taphonomic study of bromalites. To do so, it reviews the different proxies that can be analysed, and illustrates this integral approach with examples of late Quaternary and modern contexts from an ongoing project in arid South America. It intends to show the potential of such a multiproxy and multiscale approach in order to elicit as much information as possible from these palaeobiological reservoirs. Fil: Mondini, Nora Mariana. 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 2023-07 2024-08-02T01:21:37Z 2024-08-02T01:21:37Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/11336/226352 Mondini, Nora Mariana; An integral approach to the study of bromalites: Late Quaternary and neo-taphonomic case studies from arid South America; Elsevier; Quaternary Science Advances; 12; 7-2023; 1-7 2666-0334 CONICET Digital CONICET https://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/suquia/174908 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666033423000333 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.qsa.2023.100101 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/ application/pdf application/pdf Elsevier |
| spellingShingle | COPROLITES MULTI-SCALE APPROACH MULTIPROXY ANALYSIS NEO-TAPHONOMY QUATERNARY RAPTOR PELLETS SOUTH AMERICA https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6 Mondini, Nora Mariana An integral approach to the study of bromalites: Late Quaternary and neo-taphonomic case studies from arid South America |
| title | An integral approach to the study of bromalites: Late Quaternary and neo-taphonomic case studies from arid South America |
| title_full | An integral approach to the study of bromalites: Late Quaternary and neo-taphonomic case studies from arid South America |
| title_fullStr | An integral approach to the study of bromalites: Late Quaternary and neo-taphonomic case studies from arid South America |
| title_full_unstemmed | An integral approach to the study of bromalites: Late Quaternary and neo-taphonomic case studies from arid South America |
| title_short | An integral approach to the study of bromalites: Late Quaternary and neo-taphonomic case studies from arid South America |
| title_sort | integral approach to the study of bromalites late quaternary and neo taphonomic case studies from arid south america |
| topic | COPROLITES MULTI-SCALE APPROACH MULTIPROXY ANALYSIS NEO-TAPHONOMY QUATERNARY RAPTOR PELLETS SOUTH AMERICA https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/226352 https://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/suquia/174908 |
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