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Naturalistic Observations on the Disarticulation of False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens) Carcasses: Fifteen Years after

dc.creatorBorella, Florencia
dc.creatorBorrero, Luis Alberto
dc.date2017-12
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-06T18:33:01Z
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dc.identifierBorella, Florencia; Borrero, Luis Alberto; Naturalistic Observations on the Disarticulation of False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens) Carcasses: Fifteen Years after; The Palaeontological Network Foundation; Journal of Taphonomy; 15; 1-3; 12-2017; 45-58
dc.identifier1696-0815
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/66275
dc.identifierCONICET Digital
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dc.identifier.urihttp://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/66275
dc.descriptionA mass stranding of 181 false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) occurred in March 1989 on both sides of the Strait of Magellan. Fifteen years later, taphonomic observations were made on this concentration and the results are presented in this article. In the coast of Bahía Lomas, Tierra del Fuego (Chile), frequencies of articulated elements were quantified following Hill (1979a, 1979b), and a ranking of natural bone disarticulation for whales was proposed. This ranking was made on the basis of skeletons from one species but, given the morphological similarities of Cetaceae, it is possible to suggest that it applies to similarly-sized Odontoceti. Together with other useful taphonomic criteria (weathering and bone preservation), these results can be used to disentangle the origin of whale bone accumulations at coastal archaeological sites in different parts of the world and to estimate the time of burial of zooarchaeological assemblages. In this way, the role of whales in human diet can be discussed in greater detail.
dc.descriptionFil: Borella, Florencia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Paleontológicas del Cuaternario Pampeano. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Paleontológicas del Cuaternario Pampeano; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Borrero, Luis Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Historia y Ciencias Humanas; Argentina
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherThe Palaeontological Network Foundation
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.journaltaphonomy.com/JT-articles/2017/issue1-2017-abstract.htm
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dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
dc.subjectWHALES
dc.subjectORDER OF DISARTICULATION
dc.subjectPSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS
dc.subjectZOOARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSEMBLAGES
dc.subjectHistoria
dc.subjectHistoria y Arqueología
dc.subjectHUMANIDADES
dc.titleNaturalistic Observations on the Disarticulation of False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens) Carcasses: Fifteen Years after
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