M A Giardina
Biographic Data
| ID | 33778 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M A Giardina |
| GIVEN NAMES | M A |
| FAMILY NAME | Giardina |
| SIGNATURE | GIARDINA M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9637-2252 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 106 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Hunting and Faunal Consumption Among Herders of Northwestern Patagonia
This article examines the dietary patterns of herders in central-western Argentina, known as puesteros (local herders). We investigate how changes in land use, urbanization, and hunting restrictions have affected traditional puestero herding practices and the contributions of wild and domesticated animals to their diets. The study focuses on two research questions: (1) Has the growth of urban economies and transportation infrastructure in central…
Vertebrate Prey Accumulations by the Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus , Aves
Taphonomic research is essential for understanding the formation and dynamics of archaeological and palaeontological records. We present a multi‐taxa neo‐taphonomic analysis of prey remains accumulated by the crested caracara (carancho) ( Caracara plancus ) in a site located within the city of Mendoza, the main urban area of central western Argentina. We developed a taphonomic analysis with the aim of elucidating traces and patterns attributable …
Tafonomía actualística longitudinal de endoesqueleto y exoesqueleto de Zaedyus pichi y y de cáscaras de huevos de Rheidae en un contexto controlado
This paper presents the results of the controlled observation of Rhea eggshells and complete carcasses of Zaedyus pichiy (pichi or dwarf armadillo) deposited in a taphonomic experimentation corral. This work compares the degree and speed of burial and weathering for both types of records. In the case of armadillos, we analyzed the differences between the preservation of the dermal plates and the rest of the skeleton. In the case of Rhea eggshells…
Procesos de formación del registro arqueológico en el sistema fluvial Diamante-Desaguadero-Salado. Primeros resultados
En este trabajo presentamos los resultados de la prueba piloto del muestreo sistemático en la cuenca distal del río Diamante, en su desembocadura en el sistema fluvial Desaguadero-Salado. Se analizan los distintos elementos del paisaje y su relación con la presencia de registro arqueológico. Se observan también las relaciones entre registro de precipitaciones y caudales del río para indagar acerca de la potencialidad de este indicador para predec…
Land-use and ceramics in the Andean highlands of Patagonia, Argentina
The aim of this paper is to study the use of ceramics of small-scale societies during the late Holocene in northern Patagonia. The technological investment model predicts that use-time and utility will determine the investment spent in ceramics. We explore how ceramics were used in short-term camps and aggregation sites during summer at high elevations, and residential camps during winter at lower elevations. To test the investment in ceramics we…
Ancient DNA reveals population trends of Lesser Rhea ( Rhea pennata ) in Northwestern Patagonia
The Lesser Rhea ( Rhea pennata ), a large flightless bird native to South America, held historical significance as a vital resource for Patagonian hunter–gatherer societies. Despite the species' cultural and ecological importance, the historical population dynamics of R. pennata remain poorly understood. Although present in the archaeological record, its abundance is not consistently documented and the reasons remain unclear. This study investiga…
Strix chacoensis (Aves
The objective of this study is to characterize the taphonomic signature of Strix chacoensis in bone and tooth remains of microvertebrates (birds and micromammals). The chaco owl is a bird of prey whose diet and bone modification patterns are little known. In a sample of 41 pellets, an unusual proportion of bird remains over mammal remains was observed. We evaluate the ecological implications of this phenomenon, which could designate Strix chacoen…
El uso de canteras en el valle del Diamante
The distributional studies in the Diamante valley, northwestern Patagonia, allowed the comparison in the use of space between ecological zones, with robust results in piedmont and highlands. The analysis of densities of archaeological materials and the lithic organization helped to detect presence of sources of basalts, cryptocrystalline and other raw materials. The piedmont showed more presence of basalt secondary sources and a source of rhyolit…
Land use and systematic survey in the study of hunter-gatherers from northwestern Patagonia, Argentina
Una Aproximación Biogeográfica a Los Límites De La Agricultura en El Norte De Patagonia, Argentina
El sur de la Provincia de Mendoza ha sido caracterizado como el límite meridional de la agricultura prehispánica sudamericana, específicamente en la vertiente oriental de los Andes. Dicha caracterización ha estado basada en la presencia de plantas domesticadas en los sitios arqueológicos, utilizando una mirada dicotómica entre cazadores-recolectores y agricultores. Los trabajos arqueológicos de las últimas décadas han mostrado una situación compl…
Neo-taphonomy of prey bones ingested by pumas in central western Argentina
Obsidian conveyance among hunter-gatherers in northwestern Patagonia
Population Dynamics and Human Strategies in Northwestern Patagonia
In this paper we evaluate the role of human strategies in the Andean Piedmont from northern Patagonia across the Holocene. Specifically, we present the analysis of the Early Holocene-Late Holocene archaeological record of Salamanca cave (Mendoza-Argentina). We identified technological changes that occurred during the Late Holocene and the implications of a human occupation hiatus in the Middle Holocene. We follow a multiproxy approach by the anal…
Consumo de fauna y funcionalidad de sitios
El registro arqueológico de cazadores-recolectores localizado en ambientes de altura ha sido ampliamente debatido en la literatura mundial. Las discusiones se han centrado en su funcionalidad, cronología, complementariedad con ambientes bajos y significado en los procesos de poblamiento de distintas regiones. Los Andes meridionales cuentan con un amplio espacio cordillerano dentro del cual se emplazan una serie de sitios arqueológicos localizados…
Biogeografía Humana y Tendencia Demográfica en el Monte Nordpatagónico. Una aproximación arqueológica desde El Corcovo (SE de Mendoza)
El presente trabajo aporta al conocimiento de la biogeografía humana en ambientes áridos y las fases de poblamiento en relación con las trayectorias demográficas humanas. En ese marco, se presenta nueva información arqueológica del área El Corcovo, emplazada en el Monte surmendocino/nordpatagónico. Se detallan los trabajos de campo que contemplaron transectas, excavación arqueológica de un sitio y el relevamiento de arte rupestre de otros tres. L…
Analysis of ancient DNA from South American rhea bones
In the stomach of Geranoaetus melanoleucus (Accipitriformes)
Economic anatomy of Rheidae and its implication for the archeological record
Human biogeography and faunal exploitation in Diamante River basin, central western Argentina
A biogeographic model used to describe human peopling of southern Mendoza, central western Argentina, proposed an intensification process activated by an increase in population growth rate during the Late Holocene. During this process, high-ranked resources at the surroundings of residential camps were depleted, and hunter-gatherers broadened their diet by incorporating a larger number of low-ranked prey and domesticated plant resources. In this …
Archaeological site formation processes in northwestern Patagonia, Mendoza Province, Argentina
The Cañadón Amarillo area in northwestern Patagonia (Mendoza Province, Argentina) presents a rich archaeological record contained within thick successions of fine‐grained deposits with well‐constrained chronological and stratigraphic resolution. Geomorphological, sedimentological, and archaeological analysis of three archaeological localities, constrained by radiocarbon ages, was conducted to reconstruct site formation processes and depositional …
Late Prehistoric High-Altitude Hunter-Gatherer Residential Occupations in the Argentine Southern Andes
Test excavations were conducted at Risco de los Indios (RDLI), a site at 2480 masl with 29 residential features and a well-developed midden containing abundant floral, faunal, lithic, and ceramic materials. Analyses indicate the site was intensively used ca. 500 cal b.p. as a residential base for groups focused on hunting guanaco, supplemented by locally-available wild flora and fauna as well as domestic beans transported from the lowlands. Ceram…
Biogeografía humana en la cuenca del Río Diamante
En este trabajo se presentan los resultados iniciales de un proyecto de investigación arqueológica para la cuenca del río Diamante, provincia de Mendoza y se realiza una síntesis de la información disponible. Como objetivo general y de largo plazo, buscamos analizar si hubo una disminución en la movilidad residencial y una ampliación en la variedad de recursos consumidos durante el Holoceno tardío como plantea el modelo de poblamiento del área pr…
Demografía humana e incorporación de cultígenos en el centro occidente argentino
Classically, the origin and spread of the farmers at least have been explained by demographics variable. This paper preliminarily explores the use of the frequency of radiocarbon dates as a demographic proxy and compares such trends to cultigens scattering in central western Argentina. The region is accepted as the southern boundary of Prehispanic agricultural expansion and on that basis the radiocarbon trends compare three sectors: North, Centra…
Patch Choice, Landscape Ecology, and Foraging Efficiency
Different but complementary foraging adaptations existed in the Payunia volcanic and the Andean highland (or mountain) subregions of southern Mendoza, Argentina during the late Holocene. We employ an evolutionary ecological perspective to study the zooarchaeology of foraging adaptations after 4000 BP. Seasonal exploitation of guanaco ( Lama guanicoe Müller) in the mountains appears to have been sustainable, which relates to high productivity of m…
Variation in camelid δ13C and δ15N values in relation to geography and climate
Geographic scale and zooarchaeological analysis of Late Holocene foraging adaptations in western Argentina
Variation in camelid δ13C and δ15N values in relation to geography and climate
Late Prehistoric High-Altitude Hunter-Gatherer Residential Occupations in the Argentine Southern Andes
Test excavations were conducted at Risco de los Indios (RDLI), a site at 2480 masl with 29 residential features and a well-developed midden containing abundant floral, faunal, lithic, and ceramic materials. Analyses indicate the site was intensively used ca. 500 cal b.p. as a residential base for groups focused on hunting guanaco, supplemented by locally-available wild flora and fauna as well as domestic beans transported from the lowlands. Ceram…
Neo-taphonomy of prey bones ingested by pumas in central western Argentina
Economic anatomy of Rheidae and its implication for the archeological record
El registro arqueológico en el sitio La Olla (San Rafael, Mendoza)
Se presenta el registro arqueológico recuperado en el sitio La Olla, el cual comprende materiales cerámicos, líticos, arqueobotánicos, zooarqueológicos y bioantropológicos. Dicho sitio se encuentra localizado en el valle del río Atuel (Mendoza, Argentina). El trabajo intenta ajustar el conocimiento de la dispersión agrícola prehispánica utilizando información en sectores no estudiado previamente. Se definen dos pulsos discontinuos en el depósito …
Consumo de fauna y funcionalidad de sitios
El registro arqueológico de cazadores-recolectores localizado en ambientes de altura ha sido ampliamente debatido en la literatura mundial. Las discusiones se han centrado en su funcionalidad, cronología, complementariedad con ambientes bajos y significado en los procesos de poblamiento de distintas regiones. Los Andes meridionales cuentan con un amplio espacio cordillerano dentro del cual se emplazan una serie de sitios arqueológicos localizados…
Rheidae Egg Human Exploitation and Stable Isotopes
Rheidae eggshells are abundant in the archaeological record of west central Argentina. Eggs were more important in human diet than the bird meat itself, as with many other Ratite species around the world. Currently, two species inhabit the south and central areas of Argentina and Chile (Rhea pennata and Rhea americana), with different geographical distributions and diet but with similar behaviour. In this paper, we use δ13C and δ18O isotopes from…
Intensificación en el sur de Mendoza
In the present paper the meaning of the avian fauna is approached, discussing it ́s temporal pattern in terms of pre-Hispanic human diet breath variation in Mendoza. using temporal and spatial variables of NTAXA, diversity index, heterogeneity and camelid index, the behavior represented on the different samples analyzed is evaluated. understanding the intensification as a process that generates an increase in the amount of energy obtained per sur…
Biogeografía humana en la cuenca del Río Diamante
En este trabajo se presentan los resultados iniciales de un proyecto de investigación arqueológica para la cuenca del río Diamante, provincia de Mendoza y se realiza una síntesis de la información disponible. Como objetivo general y de largo plazo, buscamos analizar si hubo una disminución en la movilidad residencial y una ampliación en la variedad de recursos consumidos durante el Holoceno tardío como plantea el modelo de poblamiento del área pr…
Obsidian conveyance among hunter-gatherers in northwestern Patagonia
Human biogeography and faunal exploitation in Diamante River basin, central western Argentina
A biogeographic model used to describe human peopling of southern Mendoza, central western Argentina, proposed an intensification process activated by an increase in population growth rate during the Late Holocene. During this process, high-ranked resources at the surroundings of residential camps were depleted, and hunter-gatherers broadened their diet by incorporating a larger number of low-ranked prey and domesticated plant resources. In this …
Archaeological site formation processes in northwestern Patagonia, Mendoza Province, Argentina
The Cañadón Amarillo area in northwestern Patagonia (Mendoza Province, Argentina) presents a rich archaeological record contained within thick successions of fine‐grained deposits with well‐constrained chronological and stratigraphic resolution. Geomorphological, sedimentological, and archaeological analysis of three archaeological localities, constrained by radiocarbon ages, was conducted to reconstruct site formation processes and depositional …
Strix chacoensis (Aves
The objective of this study is to characterize the taphonomic signature of Strix chacoensis in bone and tooth remains of microvertebrates (birds and micromammals). The chaco owl is a bird of prey whose diet and bone modification patterns are little known. In a sample of 41 pellets, an unusual proportion of bird remains over mammal remains was observed. We evaluate the ecological implications of this phenomenon, which could designate Strix chacoen…
Analysis of ancient DNA from South American rhea bones
Land use and systematic survey in the study of hunter-gatherers from northwestern Patagonia, Argentina
In the stomach of Geranoaetus melanoleucus (Accipitriformes)
Veranadas sin frontera. Etnografía de pastores en el Centro-Oeste argentino
Dentro de un proyecto mayor de investigación arqueológica, se diseñó una propuesta de acercamiento etnográfico que aportara en esa línea. La misma se basa en la observación participante y descripción de la vida cotidiana de un grupo actual de pastores de ganado caprino que hacen uso de los valles de la Cordillera del Límite en el SO de San Juan durante la época estival -veranadas-. Los grupos estudiados y su actividad constituyen la única evidenc…
Intensificación en el sur de Mendoza
In the present paper the meaning of the avian fauna is approached, discussing it ́s temporal pattern in terms of pre-Hispanic human diet breath variation in Mendoza. using temporal and spatial variables of NTAXA, diversity index, heterogeneity and camelid index, the behavior represented on the different samples analyzed is evaluated. understanding the intensification as a process that generates an increase in the amount of energy obtained per sur…
Recursos y Dietas Humanas en Laguna Llancanelo (Mendoza, Nordpatagonia)
discuten en primer lugar con la ecologa isotpica generada para esta zona
Geographic scale and zooarchaeological analysis of Late Holocene foraging adaptations in western Argentina
Rheidae Egg Human Exploitation and Stable Isotopes
Rheidae eggshells are abundant in the archaeological record of west central Argentina. Eggs were more important in human diet than the bird meat itself, as with many other Ratite species around the world. Currently, two species inhabit the south and central areas of Argentina and Chile (Rhea pennata and Rhea americana), with different geographical distributions and diet but with similar behaviour. In this paper, we use δ13C and δ18O isotopes from…
Demografía humana e incorporación de cultígenos en el centro occidente argentino
Classically, the origin and spread of the farmers at least have been explained by demographics variable. This paper preliminarily explores the use of the frequency of radiocarbon dates as a demographic proxy and compares such trends to cultigens scattering in central western Argentina. The region is accepted as the southern boundary of Prehispanic agricultural expansion and on that basis the radiocarbon trends compare three sectors: North, Centra…
Patch Choice, Landscape Ecology, and Foraging Efficiency
Different but complementary foraging adaptations existed in the Payunia volcanic and the Andean highland (or mountain) subregions of southern Mendoza, Argentina during the late Holocene. We employ an evolutionary ecological perspective to study the zooarchaeology of foraging adaptations after 4000 BP. Seasonal exploitation of guanaco ( Lama guanicoe Müller) in the mountains appears to have been sustainable, which relates to high productivity of m…
Variation in camelid δ13C and δ15N values in relation to geography and climate
El registro arqueológico en el sitio La Olla (San Rafael, Mendoza)
Se presenta el registro arqueológico recuperado en el sitio La Olla, el cual comprende materiales cerámicos, líticos, arqueobotánicos, zooarqueológicos y bioantropológicos. Dicho sitio se encuentra localizado en el valle del río Atuel (Mendoza, Argentina). El trabajo intenta ajustar el conocimiento de la dispersión agrícola prehispánica utilizando información en sectores no estudiado previamente. Se definen dos pulsos discontinuos en el depósito …
Veranadas sin frontera. Etnografía de pastores en el Centro-Oeste argentino
Dentro de un proyecto mayor de investigación arqueológica, se diseñó una propuesta de acercamiento etnográfico que aportara en esa línea. La misma se basa en la observación participante y descripción de la vida cotidiana de un grupo actual de pastores de ganado caprino que hacen uso de los valles de la Cordillera del Límite en el SO de San Juan durante la época estival -veranadas-. Los grupos estudiados y su actividad constituyen la única evidenc…
Archaeological site formation processes in northwestern Patagonia, Mendoza Province, Argentina
The Cañadón Amarillo area in northwestern Patagonia (Mendoza Province, Argentina) presents a rich archaeological record contained within thick successions of fine‐grained deposits with well‐constrained chronological and stratigraphic resolution. Geomorphological, sedimentological, and archaeological analysis of three archaeological localities, constrained by radiocarbon ages, was conducted to reconstruct site formation processes and depositional …
Late Prehistoric High-Altitude Hunter-Gatherer Residential Occupations in the Argentine Southern Andes
Test excavations were conducted at Risco de los Indios (RDLI), a site at 2480 masl with 29 residential features and a well-developed midden containing abundant floral, faunal, lithic, and ceramic materials. Analyses indicate the site was intensively used ca. 500 cal b.p. as a residential base for groups focused on hunting guanaco, supplemented by locally-available wild flora and fauna as well as domestic beans transported from the lowlands. Ceram…
Biogeografía humana en la cuenca del Río Diamante
En este trabajo se presentan los resultados iniciales de un proyecto de investigación arqueológica para la cuenca del río Diamante, provincia de Mendoza y se realiza una síntesis de la información disponible. Como objetivo general y de largo plazo, buscamos analizar si hubo una disminución en la movilidad residencial y una ampliación en la variedad de recursos consumidos durante el Holoceno tardío como plantea el modelo de poblamiento del área pr…
Biogeografía Humana y Tendencia Demográfica en el Monte Nordpatagónico. Una aproximación arqueológica desde El Corcovo (SE de Mendoza)
El presente trabajo aporta al conocimiento de la biogeografía humana en ambientes áridos y las fases de poblamiento en relación con las trayectorias demográficas humanas. En ese marco, se presenta nueva información arqueológica del área El Corcovo, emplazada en el Monte surmendocino/nordpatagónico. Se detallan los trabajos de campo que contemplaron transectas, excavación arqueológica de un sitio y el relevamiento de arte rupestre de otros tres. L…
Analysis of ancient DNA from South American rhea bones
In the stomach of Geranoaetus melanoleucus (Accipitriformes)
Economic anatomy of Rheidae and its implication for the archeological record
Human biogeography and faunal exploitation in Diamante River basin, central western Argentina
A biogeographic model used to describe human peopling of southern Mendoza, central western Argentina, proposed an intensification process activated by an increase in population growth rate during the Late Holocene. During this process, high-ranked resources at the surroundings of residential camps were depleted, and hunter-gatherers broadened their diet by incorporating a larger number of low-ranked prey and domesticated plant resources. In this …
Consumo de fauna y funcionalidad de sitios
El registro arqueológico de cazadores-recolectores localizado en ambientes de altura ha sido ampliamente debatido en la literatura mundial. Las discusiones se han centrado en su funcionalidad, cronología, complementariedad con ambientes bajos y significado en los procesos de poblamiento de distintas regiones. Los Andes meridionales cuentan con un amplio espacio cordillerano dentro del cual se emplazan una serie de sitios arqueológicos localizados…
Population Dynamics and Human Strategies in Northwestern Patagonia
In this paper we evaluate the role of human strategies in the Andean Piedmont from northern Patagonia across the Holocene. Specifically, we present the analysis of the Early Holocene-Late Holocene archaeological record of Salamanca cave (Mendoza-Argentina). We identified technological changes that occurred during the Late Holocene and the implications of a human occupation hiatus in the Middle Holocene. We follow a multiproxy approach by the anal…
Una Aproximación Biogeográfica a Los Límites De La Agricultura en El Norte De Patagonia, Argentina
El sur de la Provincia de Mendoza ha sido caracterizado como el límite meridional de la agricultura prehispánica sudamericana, específicamente en la vertiente oriental de los Andes. Dicha caracterización ha estado basada en la presencia de plantas domesticadas en los sitios arqueológicos, utilizando una mirada dicotómica entre cazadores-recolectores y agricultores. Los trabajos arqueológicos de las últimas décadas han mostrado una situación compl…
Neo-taphonomy of prey bones ingested by pumas in central western Argentina
Obsidian conveyance among hunter-gatherers in northwestern Patagonia
Land use and systematic survey in the study of hunter-gatherers from northwestern Patagonia, Argentina
Tafonomía actualística longitudinal de endoesqueleto y exoesqueleto de Zaedyus pichi y y de cáscaras de huevos de Rheidae en un contexto controlado
This paper presents the results of the controlled observation of Rhea eggshells and complete carcasses of Zaedyus pichiy (pichi or dwarf armadillo) deposited in a taphonomic experimentation corral. This work compares the degree and speed of burial and weathering for both types of records. In the case of armadillos, we analyzed the differences between the preservation of the dermal plates and the rest of the skeleton. In the case of Rhea eggshells…
Procesos de formación del registro arqueológico en el sistema fluvial Diamante-Desaguadero-Salado. Primeros resultados
En este trabajo presentamos los resultados de la prueba piloto del muestreo sistemático en la cuenca distal del río Diamante, en su desembocadura en el sistema fluvial Desaguadero-Salado. Se analizan los distintos elementos del paisaje y su relación con la presencia de registro arqueológico. Se observan también las relaciones entre registro de precipitaciones y caudales del río para indagar acerca de la potencialidad de este indicador para predec…
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