Miguel Giardina

Biographic Data

ID3675651
NAMEMiguel Giardina
GIVEN NAMESMiguel
FAMILY NAMEGiardina
SIGNATUREGIARDINA M
AFFILIATIONSSan Rafael Natural History Museum, Ciudad de Mendoza, Argentina
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS17
TOTAL CITATIONS44
WORKS AS AUTHOR17
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX4

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Strix chacoensis (Aves

    Open AccessJ Mignino, José Manuel López et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2024Cited by: 2References: 9

    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…

  • 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

  • Population Dynamics and Human Strategies in Northwestern Patagonia

    Open AccessG Neme, Marcelo Zárate et al.ARTICLEDocumenta Praehistorica2021

    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…

  • Biogeografía Humana y Tendencia Demográfica en el Monte Nordpatagónico. Una aproximación arqueológica desde El Corcovo (SE de Mendoza)

    Open AccessA F Gil, Nuria Sugrañes et al.ARTICLERevista del Museo de Antropología2019

    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…

  • Archaeological site formation processes in northwestern Patagonia, Mendoza Province, Argentina

    Open AccessAlfonsina Tripaldi, Marcelo Zárate et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2017Cited by: 3References: 8

    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

    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…

  • 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

  • Veranadas sin frontera. Etnografía de pastores en el Centro-Oeste argentino

    Open AccessAlejandra Gasco, Alejandra Valeria Gasco et al.ARTICLERevista del Museo de Antropología2015Cited by: 1References: 8

    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…

  • 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