C Otaola

Biographic Data

ID5717
NAMEC Otaola
GIVEN NAMESC
FAMILY NAMEOtaola
SIGNATUREOTAOLA C
AFFILIATIONSConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
ORCID0000-0001-9469-2463
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS32
TOTAL CITATIONS138
AUTHOR COUNT32
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX7

  • Integrating ancient DNA, stable isotopes, and species distribution models to reconstruct guanaco population history

    Open AccessC Otaola, Cinthia Carolina Abbona et al.ARTICLEAnthropocene2026

  • Hunting and Faunal Consumption Among Herders of Northwestern Patagonia

    Open AccessC Otaola, Wolverton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnobiology2025

    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…

  • Tafonomía actualística longitudinal de endoesqueleto y exoesqueleto de Zaedyus pichi y y de cáscaras de huevos de Rheidae en un contexto controlado

    Open AccessC Otaola, M A Giardina et al.ARTICLERevista del Museo de La Plata2024

    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

    Open AccessC Otaola, Darío Soria et al.ARTICLEAnales de Arqueología y Etnología2024

    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

    Open AccessFernando R Franchetti, Loukas Barton et al.ARTICLEDocumenta Praehistorica2024

    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

    Open AccessCinthia Carolina Abbona, Jeff Johnson et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2024References: 22

    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…

  • Dietary change of North Patagonian guanacos

    Open AccessA F Gil, C Otaola et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2024Cited by: 1References: 22

    This paper presents the results of a study on the isotopic ecology of guanacos in central western Argentina. We examine the historical population ecology of guanacos using stable isotope analysis of bone collagen from pre-Hispanic and modern guanaco populations ( n = 129), considering variability in two ecoregions: the Monte hot desert and the Andean-Patagonian cold desert. Our study addresses the consistency of guanaco diets over time, evaluatin…

  • El uso de canteras en el valle del Diamante

    Open AccessFernando R Franchetti, C Otaola et al.ARTICLEComechingonia Revista de…2024References: 24

    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

    Open AccessC Otaola, Fernando R Franchetti et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2023Cited by: 1References: 26

  • Una Aproximación Biogeográfica a Los Límites De La Agricultura en El Norte De Patagonia, Argentina

    Open AccessG Neme, A F Gil et al.ARTICLEChungara2022

    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

    Open AccessJosé Manuel López, C Otaola et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2022Cited by: 7References: 24

  • Obsidian conveyance among hunter-gatherers in northwestern Patagonia

    Open AccessFernando R Franchetti, Fernando Franchetti et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2022Cited by: 3References: 40

  • Between Foragers and Farmers

    Open AccessA F Gil, Ricardo Villalba et al.ARTICLEQuaternary2020

    In this paper we explore how changes in human strategies are differentially modulated by climate in a border area between hunter-gatherers and farmers. We analyze multiple proxies: radiocarbon summed probability distributions (SPDs), stable C and N isotopes, and zooarchaeological data from northwestern Patagonia. Based on these proxies, we discuss aspects of human population, subsistence, and dietary dynamics in relation to long-term climatic tre…

  • Stable Isotope Analysis

    Open AccessC Otaola, Francisca Santana-Sagredo et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2020

  • Lama guanicoe bone collagen stable isotope (C and N) indicate climatic and ecological variation during Holocene in Northwest Patagonia

    Open AccessA F Gil, C Otaola et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2020

  • Consumo de fauna y funcionalidad de sitios

    Open AccessG Neme, Gustavo A Neme et al.ARTICLELatin American Antiquity2020Cited by: 6References: 52

    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…

  • Human biogeography and faunal exploitation in Diamante River basin, central western Argentina

    Open AccessC Otaola, M A Giardina et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2019Cited by: 3References: 53

    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 …

  • Environmental diversity and stable isotope variation in faunas

    Open AccessC Otaola, Andrew Ugan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2018Cited by: 5References: 21

  • Late Prehistoric High-Altitude Hunter-Gatherer Residential Occupations in the Argentine Southern Andes

    C T Morgan, Christopher Morgan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology2017Cited by: 8References: 64

    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

    Open AccessM A Giardina, Miguel Giardina et al.ARTICLERevista del Museo de Antropología2017Cited by: 4References: 23

    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…

  • Longitudinal Taphonomic Studies of Mammal Carcasses from the Rio Salado Valley, Mendoza, Argentina

    Open AccessC Otaola, Alfonsina TripaldiARTICLEEthnobiology Letters2016Cited by: 9References: 9

    Taphonomic studies aid in understanding the transition of organic matter from living contexts (the biosphere) to geological contexts (the lithosphere), and how agents and processes affect skeletal remains in the archaeological record. Archaeological research in the Atuel River valley, Mendoza, Argentina, has been carried out for several years. However, actualistic approaches to examine local and regional taphonomic processes have only been recent…

  • Patch Choice, Landscape Ecology, and Foraging Efficiency

    Open AccessWolverton, Steve Wolverton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnobiology2015

    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

    Open AccessA F Gil, Andrew Ugan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2015Cited by: 16References: 14

  • Resource Exploitation and Human Mobility

    Open AccessG Neme, A F Gil et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2015Cited by: 13References: 23

    Previous researches have examined the zooarchaeological record to understand changes in human diet in central western Argentina through time. This research has focused on variations in the relative abundance of large prey in archaeofaunal contexts. The observed changes were explained by a decrease in residential mobility, forced by both the intensification in the use of resources and the introduction of the first domesticated plants ca. 2000 year…

  • Recursos y Dietas Humanas en Laguna Llancanelo (Mendoza, Nordpatagonia)

    Open AccessM A Giardina, Miguel Giardina et al.ARTICLEMagallania2014

    discuten en primer lugar con la ecologa isotpica generada para esta zona