Changing Views About The Local Evolution Of Human Populations In The Argentine Pampas During The Holocene.

BARRIENTOS G.; PEREZ S.I.; BERNAL V.; GONZALEZ P.; BEGUELIN M.; DEL PAPA M.

Southampton

Conferencia; V BABAO Annual Conference; 2003

In this paper we will present and discuss physical and chemical data collected from different types of human burials distributed in different settings on a lake basin located in north-western SantaCruz province, Argentina, as a preliminary and exploratory step aimed to achieve these goals.This data will be used to discuss the preservation potential of different depositionalmicroenvironments and burial types; to formulate hypotheses about the taphonomic anddiagenetic processes involved; and to estimate an overall rate of bone destruction valid forenvironmental settings that are similar, in their fundamental properties, to those discussed in thispaper.