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Spatial and temporal taphonomic study of bone accumulations of the burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) in central Argentina

dc.creatorMontalvo, Claudia I.
dc.creatorFernández, Fernando Julián
dc.creatorTomassini, Rodrigo Leandro
dc.creatorMignino, Julian
dc.creatorKin, Marta Susana
dc.creatorSantillán, Miguel Ángel
dc.date2020-04
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-06T18:18:52Z
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dc.identifierMontalvo, Claudia I.; Fernández, Fernando Julián; Tomassini, Rodrigo Leandro; Mignino, Julian; Kin, Marta Susana; et al.; Spatial and temporal taphonomic study of bone accumulations of the burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) in central Argentina; Elsevier; Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports; 30; 4-2020; 1-11
dc.identifier2352-409X
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/120182
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dc.descriptionAthene cunicularia is a very common opportunistic raptor inhabiting diverse environments of South America. It has variable hunting behavior and diet habits, feeding mostly on arthropods and nocturnal and diurnal micromammals. We evaluated taphonomically mammal bones accumulated in pellet samples produced by this raptor recovered from different areas of Central Argentina. The sum of the observed taphonomic attributes on consumed skeletal elements (digestion, relative abundance, indexes, and breakage) allow assigning this species to the category of moderate modification, but with several attributes located in a different category with respect to previous classification. This difference may be linked with the representation and body mass of prey; when the sample has larger prey (e.g. caviomorph rodents), there is a higher degree of modification in bones. Results of this evaluation were used for comparison with paleontological and archaeological sites in Argentina, where this owl was indicated as one of the possible accumulator agents. We propose that only large fossil samples allow a good evaluation of taxonomic diversity and therefore of the prey body mass representation. Here, we applied a new categorization of rodent skull breakage. Finally, this evaluation of modern samples leads to the incorporation of molariforms of Octodontidae (Rodentia) and teeth of Chiroptera in the categories of modifications by digestion.
dc.descriptionFil: Montalvo, Claudia I.. Universidad Nacional de La Pampa; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Fernández, Fernando Julián. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ingeniería; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Tomassini, Rodrigo Leandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Instituto Geológico del Sur. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Geología. Instituto Geológico del Sur; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Mignino, Julian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Kin, Marta Susana. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Santillán, Miguel Ángel. Universidad Nacional de La Pampa; Argentina
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X19306728
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102197
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dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
dc.subjectBODY MASS PREY
dc.subjectCENTRAL ARGENTINA
dc.subjectMICROMAMMAL FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES
dc.subjectMODERN ANALOGOUS
dc.subjectSTRIGIFORM
dc.subjectTAPHONOMY
dc.subjectZoología, Ornitología, Entomología, Etología
dc.subjectCiencias Biológicas
dc.subjectCIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
dc.titleSpatial and temporal taphonomic study of bone accumulations of the burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) in central Argentina
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