Stable isotopes and archaeology in southern South America. Hunter-gatherers, pastoralism and agriculture: an introduction

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Barberena ◽  
A. F. Gil ◽  
G. A. Neme ◽  
R. H. Tykot
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotopes ◽  
South America ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
Southern South America

Stable isotope evidence supports pelagic fishing by hunter-gatherers in southern South America during the Late Holocene

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 486-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atilio Francisco Zangrando ◽  
Luciana Riccialdelli ◽  
Sayuri Kochi ◽  
Jonathan W. Nye ◽  
Augusto Tessone
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
South America ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
Southern South America ◽  
Isotope Evidence ◽  
Pelagic Fishing

Testing ecological and environmental changes during the last 6000 years: a multiproxy approach based on the bivalve Tawera gayi from southern South America

2011 ◽  
Vol 91 (7) ◽  
pp. 1413-1427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Gordillo ◽  
Julieta Martinelli ◽  
Javiera Cárdenas ◽  
M. Sol Bayer
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotopes ◽  
South America ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Growth Dynamics ◽  
Tierra Del Fuego ◽  
Physical Factors ◽  
Geological Time ◽  
Southern South America ◽  
Ecological Variability

This paper evaluates if the bivalve Tawera gayi from southern South America represents an opportunity to test ecological variability and environmental changes during the last 6000 years in southern South America. For this purpose, we analyse both modern and fossil (mid-to-late Holocene) T. gayi shells from Tierra del Fuego using different techniques, including taphonomy, stable isotopes, cathodoluminiscence (CL) and linear morphometrics. Taphonomic analysis shows that differences between modern and fossil shells appear best related to local variations of physical factors such as current speed, wave action and freshwater input along the non-uniform Beagle Channel coast. However, slight changes of hydraulic energy regimes throughout the Holocene cannot be ruled out. The analysis of stable isotopes on T. gayi shells indicates a mixing of oceanic waters with freshwater from precipitation, river runoff and glacier meltwater during the mid-to-late Holocene. The high depletion of δ18O at ~4400 years before present would be associated with a period of warmer temperatures, the so-called Hypsithermal. Under CL modern and fossil T. gayi shells show a well defined pattern related to the growth dynamics of the shell, which can lead to a better understanding of its biology, adding details to further palaeoenvironmental analysis. Finally, conventional metrics shows that fossil T. gayi shells are smaller and shorter than modern shells. These differences could be related to Holocene environmental changes, but here are best explained on the basis of a predator–prey relationship. This study shows that T. gayi may be a good candidate for looking at evidences of environmental changes in southern South America, and multi-proxy data are necessary to better understand the driving mechanisms of ecological variability and changes over short geological time intervals of few thousands of years.

Additions to the Placopsis mycobiota (Trapeliaceae, Ascomycota) of southern South America, with notes on new records (including Aspiciliopsis macrophthalma), and a revised regional key to the species

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 727-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. GALLOWAY
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
New Records ◽  
Southern South America ◽  
First Time

AbstractAspiciliopsis macrophthalma, Placopsis fusciduloides, P. gelidioides and P. tararuana are reported for the first time from southern South America. New records for 13 species of Placopsis in southern South America are reported, and a revised key to 22 species of Placopsis and A. macrophthalma in the region is given.

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