Accumulation of small and large vertebrates by carnivores in Andean South America.

MARIANA MONDINI

Petits Animaux et Sociétés Humaines. Du Complément Alimentaire aux Ressources Utilitaires.

Éditions APDCA

Lugar: Antibes; Año: 2004; p. 513 - 517

Vertebrate accumulations in carnivore dens – namely foxes – have been studied in the Puna of north-west Argentina. While scatological assemblages consist exclusively of small vertebrates, especially rodents, transported ones are dominated by large mammals, namely ungulates. These and other differences, and their implications with regard to the archaeological record, are presented.