Fernando R Franchetti
Biographic Data
| ID | 103554 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fernando R Franchetti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fernando R |
| FAMILY NAME | Franchetti |
| SIGNATURE | FRANCHETTI F R |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Technological University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6519-3163 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
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…
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…
Obsidian hydration dating by infrared transmission spectroscopy
The obsidian dating method converts the quantity of diffused molecular water within a near‐surface hydration layer to elapsed time using an experimentally derived diffusion coefficient predicted from the structural water content of the glass. Infrared spectroscopic transmission measurements on transparent archaeological samples record vibrational responses of water bands in the near‐infrared region, permitting determination of structural water co…
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
Projectile point variability from a biogeographical approach in northwestern Patagonia, Argentina
Our objective is to analyse the relationship among the availability, selection, and use of raw materials suitable for knapping with projectile points from the Late Holocene of northwestern Patagonia. We analyse differences in the raw material used to make projectile points according to the techno-morphological characteristics. Non-stemmed projectile points predominate in all the biogeographic units. The size and weight of the projectile points in…
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…
Land use and risk management in the Diamante Valley, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina
Past maize consumption correlates with population change 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…
Between Foragers and Farmers
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
Ceramic technology, environment & residential mobility in small scale groups
The purpose or this paper is to analyse four ceramic assemblage sets and discuss the relationship between ceramic investment, environment and strategies of mobility among Late Holocene hunter-gatherers in southern Mendoza. The analysed assemblages come from the areas of Llancanelo, Atuel Medio, Rio Grande, and surface materials from Volcan Overo. Different attributes of the archaeological ceramic like wall thickness, temper size, and surface prep…
El registro arqueológico de la gruta de El Manzano y sus implicancias para la arqueología de Nordpatagonia
sur de la provincia de Mendoza. Utilizando la informacin generada, se discuten aspectos de la funcionalidad del sitio, los cambios a travs del tiempo y se destaca su importancia para la discusin de los temas de la arqueologa del norte de Patagonia. Los recientes fechados radiocarbnicos ubican al inicio de las ocupaciones en ms de 8.000 aos AP y confirman la existencia del hiatus regional para el holoceno medio. Los materiales analizados muestran …
El registro arqueológico de la gruta de El Manzano y sus implicancias para la arqueología de Nordpatagonia
sur de la provincia de Mendoza. Utilizando la informacin generada, se discuten aspectos de la funcionalidad del sitio, los cambios a travs del tiempo y se destaca su importancia para la discusin de los temas de la arqueologa del norte de Patagonia. Los recientes fechados radiocarbnicos ubican al inicio de las ocupaciones en ms de 8.000 aos AP y confirman la existencia del hiatus regional para el holoceno medio. Los materiales analizados muestran …
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…
Past maize consumption correlates with population change in Central Western Argentina
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 …
Obsidian hydration dating by infrared transmission spectroscopy
The obsidian dating method converts the quantity of diffused molecular water within a near‐surface hydration layer to elapsed time using an experimentally derived diffusion coefficient predicted from the structural water content of the glass. Infrared spectroscopic transmission measurements on transparent archaeological samples record vibrational responses of water bands in the near‐infrared region, permitting determination of structural water co…
Land use and risk management in the Diamante Valley, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina
Land use and systematic survey in the study of hunter-gatherers from northwestern Patagonia, Argentina
Projectile point variability from a biogeographical approach in northwestern Patagonia, Argentina
Our objective is to analyse the relationship among the availability, selection, and use of raw materials suitable for knapping with projectile points from the Late Holocene of northwestern Patagonia. We analyse differences in the raw material used to make projectile points according to the techno-morphological characteristics. Non-stemmed projectile points predominate in all the biogeographic units. The size and weight of the projectile points in…
Ceramic technology, environment & residential mobility in small scale groups
The purpose or this paper is to analyse four ceramic assemblage sets and discuss the relationship between ceramic investment, environment and strategies of mobility among Late Holocene hunter-gatherers in southern Mendoza. The analysed assemblages come from the areas of Llancanelo, Atuel Medio, Rio Grande, and surface materials from Volcan Overo. Different attributes of the archaeological ceramic like wall thickness, temper size, and surface prep…
El registro arqueológico de la gruta de El Manzano y sus implicancias para la arqueología de Nordpatagonia
sur de la provincia de Mendoza. Utilizando la informacin generada, se discuten aspectos de la funcionalidad del sitio, los cambios a travs del tiempo y se destaca su importancia para la discusin de los temas de la arqueologa del norte de Patagonia. Los recientes fechados radiocarbnicos ubican al inicio de las ocupaciones en ms de 8.000 aos AP y confirman la existencia del hiatus regional para el holoceno medio. Los materiales analizados muestran …
Ceramic technology, environment & residential mobility in small scale groups
The purpose or this paper is to analyse four ceramic assemblage sets and discuss the relationship between ceramic investment, environment and strategies of mobility among Late Holocene hunter-gatherers in southern Mendoza. The analysed assemblages come from the areas of Llancanelo, Atuel Medio, Rio Grande, and surface materials from Volcan Overo. Different attributes of the archaeological ceramic like wall thickness, temper size, and surface prep…
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 …
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…
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 …
Between Foragers and Farmers
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…
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…
Land use and risk management in the Diamante Valley, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina
Past maize consumption correlates with population change 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
Projectile point variability from a biogeographical approach in northwestern Patagonia, Argentina
Our objective is to analyse the relationship among the availability, selection, and use of raw materials suitable for knapping with projectile points from the Late Holocene of northwestern Patagonia. We analyse differences in the raw material used to make projectile points according to the techno-morphological characteristics. Non-stemmed projectile points predominate in all the biogeographic units. The size and weight of the projectile points in…
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…
Obsidian hydration dating by infrared transmission spectroscopy
The obsidian dating method converts the quantity of diffused molecular water within a near‐surface hydration layer to elapsed time using an experimentally derived diffusion coefficient predicted from the structural water content of the glass. Infrared spectroscopic transmission measurements on transparent archaeological samples record vibrational responses of water bands in the near‐infrared region, permitting determination of structural water co…
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…
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…
Geography (19 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (15 works) · Archaeology (12 works) · Geology (8 works) · Ecology (7 works) · Holocene (7 works) · Paleontology (7 works) · Art (5 works) · Biology (5 works)