María Ornela Beltrame
Biographic Data
| ID | 327020 |
|---|---|
| NAME | María Ornela Beltrame |
| GIVEN NAMES | María Ornela |
| FAMILY NAME | Beltrame |
| SIGNATURE | BELTRAME M O |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Mar del Plata |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7665-8576 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
First Evidence of Holocene Rodent Parasites from the Argentine Puna
This study presents the first paleoparasitological investigation of rodent coprolites from the Argentine Puna, a high-altitude arid region of the Central Andes. Sixty-six coprolites recovered from the Alero Caído 1 archaeological site (Jujuy Province, Argentina) were morphologically described and microscopically examined. The coprolites were recovered from six stratigraphic levels (Levels 1–6), corresponding to Holocene occupations of the site. T…
Gastrointestinal Parasites of Ancient Domestic Goats from the Archaeological Site Cueva Huenul 1, Patagonia, Argentina
The goat is one of the first herbivores to be domesticated, expanding throughout the world. Goats were introduced in South America during the sixteenth century. Gastrointestinal (GI) parasitism constitutes one of the main constraints to the breeding of goats worldwide. This is the first study conducted to investigate the GI parasites recovered from goat coprolites from historical times of Patagonia. Goat coprolites were studied from the archaeolo…
Paleoparasitological and ancient DNA insights into rodent middens around anthropogenic environments
The study of paleomiddens in desert environments is crucial for understanding past ecological and environmental dynamics, as these sites offer unique opportunities to preserve ancient biological materials. Rodent middens have contributed significantly to the understanding of biotic responses to late Quaternary environmental changes in arid ecosystems like the Atacama Desert. This region has been home to human populations since ancient times. Pale…
Gastrointestinal parasites in a single human burial from Argentine Patagonia during the 18th-19th-century Indigenous–European Contact Period
Gastrointestinal parasite diversity of South American camelids and its relationship with ancient Andean human populations from early Holocene to historical times in Southern Puna, Argentina
South American camelids (SAC) played a central biocultural role in Andean communities until today. Paleoparasitology, a discipline examining parasite remains from ancient times, can shed light on SAC, animals closely related to humans, providing insights into camelid populations, societies and the environment in the past. The objectives of this study are (1) to provide new insight into the parasite diversity of SAC from the Southern Puna, (2) to …
Ancient parasite infections from the main Pampean-Patagonian cemetery of hunter-gatherer of prehistoric times
Paleoparasitological and Archaeobotanical Studies of Fecal Remains from the Argentine Puna (Pueblo Viejo de Tucute archaeological site, province of Jujuy, 11 th to 15 th centuries)
Paleoparasitological and archaeobotanical studies provide useful information to reconstruct past scenarios where humans and animals inhabited. However, multi-proxy studies including these research lines are scarce. Here we applied paleoparasitological and archaeobotanical techniques to study a carnivore coprolite and a dung ball from Pueblo Viejo de Tucute archaeological site, in the Argentine Puna. Among parasites, Physaloptera sp., acantocephal…
Zoonotic parasites in feline coprolites from a holocenic mortuary context from eastern Patagonia (Argentina)
Nowadays, wildlife is one of the most important sources of zoonoses, and it is a major concern for public health. Nevertheless, little is known about the role of wildlife as a reservoir and source of infectious diseases in the past. South America presents a wide diversity of wildlife. In the south of the continent, Argentina shelters a large diversity of neotropical carnivores. Although the paleoparasitological studies on carnivores have been inc…
Paleoparasitological study of Holocene South American camelids (ca. 8970–470 years 14 C BP) from an archaeological site, Southern Puna of Argentina (Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca)
South American camelids (SAC) have occupied a central role in the development of Andean societies. They are widely distributed in South America and since ancient times are an important factor in Andean economies and social and ritual life. The archaeological site Punta de Peña 4 (PP4) is located in Antofagasta de la Sierra Basin (Southern Puna of Argentina). PP4 is a rock overhang and presents a large occupational sequence (early Holocene until h…
Macroparasites of megamammals
Parasite Assemblages from Feline Coprolites through the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition in Patagonia
The aims of the present study were: (1) to examine the parasite fauna found in carnivore coprolites from Cueva Huenul 1 archaeological site, located in northern Patagonia (Neuquén Province, Argentina), (2) to evaluate the role of this carnivores in the cycle of zoonotic parasites in the past, (3) to discuss the possible effect of the infections in humans that inhabit the cave during the Quaternary, and (4) to evaluate possible differences in egg …
Carnivores as zoonotic parasite reservoirs in ancient times
Raptor pellets as zooarchaeological material for paleoparasitological studies in Patagonia
Paleoparasitological results from coprolites dated at the Pleistocene–Holocene transition as source of paleoecological evidence in Patagonia
Paleoparasitological results from coprolites dated at the Pleistocene–Holocene transition as source of paleoecological evidence in Patagonia
Carnivores as zoonotic parasite reservoirs in ancient times
Raptor pellets as zooarchaeological material for paleoparasitological studies in Patagonia
Parasite Assemblages from Feline Coprolites through the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition in Patagonia
The aims of the present study were: (1) to examine the parasite fauna found in carnivore coprolites from Cueva Huenul 1 archaeological site, located in northern Patagonia (Neuquén Province, Argentina), (2) to evaluate the role of this carnivores in the cycle of zoonotic parasites in the past, (3) to discuss the possible effect of the infections in humans that inhabit the cave during the Quaternary, and (4) to evaluate possible differences in egg …
Zoonotic parasites in feline coprolites from a holocenic mortuary context from eastern Patagonia (Argentina)
Nowadays, wildlife is one of the most important sources of zoonoses, and it is a major concern for public health. Nevertheless, little is known about the role of wildlife as a reservoir and source of infectious diseases in the past. South America presents a wide diversity of wildlife. In the south of the continent, Argentina shelters a large diversity of neotropical carnivores. Although the paleoparasitological studies on carnivores have been inc…
Paleoparasitological and Archaeobotanical Studies of Fecal Remains from the Argentine Puna (Pueblo Viejo de Tucute archaeological site, province of Jujuy, 11 th to 15 th centuries)
Paleoparasitological and archaeobotanical studies provide useful information to reconstruct past scenarios where humans and animals inhabited. However, multi-proxy studies including these research lines are scarce. Here we applied paleoparasitological and archaeobotanical techniques to study a carnivore coprolite and a dung ball from Pueblo Viejo de Tucute archaeological site, in the Argentine Puna. Among parasites, Physaloptera sp., acantocephal…
Paleoparasitological results from coprolites dated at the Pleistocene–Holocene transition as source of paleoecological evidence in Patagonia
Raptor pellets as zooarchaeological material for paleoparasitological studies in Patagonia
Carnivores as zoonotic parasite reservoirs in ancient times
Parasite Assemblages from Feline Coprolites through the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition in Patagonia
The aims of the present study were: (1) to examine the parasite fauna found in carnivore coprolites from Cueva Huenul 1 archaeological site, located in northern Patagonia (Neuquén Province, Argentina), (2) to evaluate the role of this carnivores in the cycle of zoonotic parasites in the past, (3) to discuss the possible effect of the infections in humans that inhabit the cave during the Quaternary, and (4) to evaluate possible differences in egg …
Macroparasites of megamammals
Paleoparasitological study of Holocene South American camelids (ca. 8970–470 years 14 C BP) from an archaeological site, Southern Puna of Argentina (Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca)
South American camelids (SAC) have occupied a central role in the development of Andean societies. They are widely distributed in South America and since ancient times are an important factor in Andean economies and social and ritual life. The archaeological site Punta de Peña 4 (PP4) is located in Antofagasta de la Sierra Basin (Southern Puna of Argentina). PP4 is a rock overhang and presents a large occupational sequence (early Holocene until h…
Zoonotic parasites in feline coprolites from a holocenic mortuary context from eastern Patagonia (Argentina)
Nowadays, wildlife is one of the most important sources of zoonoses, and it is a major concern for public health. Nevertheless, little is known about the role of wildlife as a reservoir and source of infectious diseases in the past. South America presents a wide diversity of wildlife. In the south of the continent, Argentina shelters a large diversity of neotropical carnivores. Although the paleoparasitological studies on carnivores have been inc…
Ancient parasite infections from the main Pampean-Patagonian cemetery of hunter-gatherer of prehistoric times
Paleoparasitological and Archaeobotanical Studies of Fecal Remains from the Argentine Puna (Pueblo Viejo de Tucute archaeological site, province of Jujuy, 11 th to 15 th centuries)
Paleoparasitological and archaeobotanical studies provide useful information to reconstruct past scenarios where humans and animals inhabited. However, multi-proxy studies including these research lines are scarce. Here we applied paleoparasitological and archaeobotanical techniques to study a carnivore coprolite and a dung ball from Pueblo Viejo de Tucute archaeological site, in the Argentine Puna. Among parasites, Physaloptera sp., acantocephal…
Gastrointestinal parasites in a single human burial from Argentine Patagonia during the 18th-19th-century Indigenous–European Contact Period
Gastrointestinal parasite diversity of South American camelids and its relationship with ancient Andean human populations from early Holocene to historical times in Southern Puna, Argentina
South American camelids (SAC) played a central biocultural role in Andean communities until today. Paleoparasitology, a discipline examining parasite remains from ancient times, can shed light on SAC, animals closely related to humans, providing insights into camelid populations, societies and the environment in the past. The objectives of this study are (1) to provide new insight into the parasite diversity of SAC from the Southern Puna, (2) to …
First Evidence of Holocene Rodent Parasites from the Argentine Puna
This study presents the first paleoparasitological investigation of rodent coprolites from the Argentine Puna, a high-altitude arid region of the Central Andes. Sixty-six coprolites recovered from the Alero Caído 1 archaeological site (Jujuy Province, Argentina) were morphologically described and microscopically examined. The coprolites were recovered from six stratigraphic levels (Levels 1–6), corresponding to Holocene occupations of the site. T…
Gastrointestinal Parasites of Ancient Domestic Goats from the Archaeological Site Cueva Huenul 1, Patagonia, Argentina
The goat is one of the first herbivores to be domesticated, expanding throughout the world. Goats were introduced in South America during the sixteenth century. Gastrointestinal (GI) parasitism constitutes one of the main constraints to the breeding of goats worldwide. This is the first study conducted to investigate the GI parasites recovered from goat coprolites from historical times of Patagonia. Goat coprolites were studied from the archaeolo…
Paleoparasitological and ancient DNA insights into rodent middens around anthropogenic environments
The study of paleomiddens in desert environments is crucial for understanding past ecological and environmental dynamics, as these sites offer unique opportunities to preserve ancient biological materials. Rodent middens have contributed significantly to the understanding of biotic responses to late Quaternary environmental changes in arid ecosystems like the Atacama Desert. This region has been home to human populations since ancient times. Pale…
Paleopathology and ancient diseases (14 works) · Biology (11 works) · Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies (11 works) · Geography (11 works) · Archaeology (10 works) · Ecology (10 works) · Holocene (8 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (7 works) · Parasite hosting (5 works) · Paleontology (4 works)