CONICET | Buscador de Institutos y Recursos Humanos

Puma transport of prey remains to dens located in overhangs, rockshelters or caves lead to conditions ofpotential mixing with archaeofaunas. The evidence for puma use of places which before or after werealso selected by humans is reviewed, as well as results of taphonomic studies. These studies include notonly naturalistic observations, but also excavations of puma dens, and serve to highlight some of theresearch areas needed in order to understand the role of pumas as active agents in the accumulations ofbone assemblages.