Lichens growing on human bone remains: A case study from continental Patagonia (Deseado Massif, Santa Cruz, Argentina)
Lichens are organisms capable of colonizing almost every type of materials, provided they are stable and have sufficient exposure to light. The growing of lichens on bone surface is rare, due to the speed to which this substrate is weathered and destroyed. For the most part, documented cases occur i...
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ftconicet:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/136600 2023-10-09T21:45:22+02:00 Lichens growing on human bone remains: A case study from continental Patagonia (Deseado Massif, Santa Cruz, Argentina) García, Renato Andrés Magnin, Lucia Angelica Miotti, Laura Lucia Barrientos, Gustavo application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11336/136600 eng eng Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364720300860 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jksus.2020.02.029 http://hdl.handle.net/11336/136600 García, Renato Andrés; Magnin, Lucia Angelica; Miotti, Laura Lucia; Barrientos, Gustavo; Lichens growing on human bone remains: A case study from continental Patagonia (Deseado Massif, Santa Cruz, Argentina); Elsevier; Journal of King Saud University - Science; 32; 3; 4-2020; 2219-2221 1018-3647 2213-686X CONICET Digital CONICET info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/ ARCHAEOLOGY HUMAN BONE REMAINS HUNTER-GATHERERS PATAGONIA PSILOPARMELIA https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion ftconicet https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksus.2020.02.029 2023-09-24T19:17:15Z Lichens are organisms capable of colonizing almost every type of materials, provided they are stable and have sufficient exposure to light. The growing of lichens on bone surface is rare, due to the speed to which this substrate is weathered and destroyed. For the most part, documented cases occur in extreme environments, such as the Arctic and Antarctic, where bone elements remain unaltered for long periods, although they have also been found in other latitudes. The aim of this paper is to describe the taxonomic diversity of the lichens growing on a set of human bones recovered at a looted Late Holocene aboriginal cairn burial (chenque) in southern continental Patagonia (Piedra Museo archaeological locality, Deseado Massif, Santa Cruz, Argentina). In the analyzed bone assemblage (NISP = 56), a total of 63 lichen thalli were recorded. They were assigned to seven different species, except one case that could only be determined at the genus level. This is the first well-described record of lichen flora growing on human bone remains for South America, having important implications for both archaeological and forensic sciences. Fil: García, Renato Andrés. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda; Argentina Fil: Magnin, Lucia Angelica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Arqueología; Argentina Fil: Miotti, Laura Lucia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Arqueología; Argentina Fil: Barrientos, Gustavo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Antropología; ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Arctic CONICET Digital (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas) Antarctic Arctic Argentina Avellaneda ENVELOPE(-65.500,-65.500,-65.433,-65.433) Barrientos ENVELOPE(-59.733,-59.733,-62.400,-62.400) Cairn ENVELOPE(-57.083,-57.083,-63.500,-63.500) Gustavo ENVELOPE(-62.917,-62.917,-64.833,-64.833) Patagonia Journal of King Saud University - Science 32 3 2219 2221 |
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ARCHAEOLOGY HUMAN BONE REMAINS HUNTER-GATHERERS PATAGONIA PSILOPARMELIA https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 García, Renato Andrés Magnin, Lucia Angelica Miotti, Laura Lucia Barrientos, Gustavo Lichens growing on human bone remains: A case study from continental Patagonia (Deseado Massif, Santa Cruz, Argentina) |
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Lichens are organisms capable of colonizing almost every type of materials, provided they are stable and have sufficient exposure to light. The growing of lichens on bone surface is rare, due to the speed to which this substrate is weathered and destroyed. For the most part, documented cases occur in extreme environments, such as the Arctic and Antarctic, where bone elements remain unaltered for long periods, although they have also been found in other latitudes. The aim of this paper is to describe the taxonomic diversity of the lichens growing on a set of human bones recovered at a looted Late Holocene aboriginal cairn burial (chenque) in southern continental Patagonia (Piedra Museo archaeological locality, Deseado Massif, Santa Cruz, Argentina). In the analyzed bone assemblage (NISP = 56), a total of 63 lichen thalli were recorded. They were assigned to seven different species, except one case that could only be determined at the genus level. This is the first well-described record of lichen flora growing on human bone remains for South America, having important implications for both archaeological and forensic sciences. Fil: García, Renato Andrés. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda; Argentina Fil: Magnin, Lucia Angelica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Arqueología; Argentina Fil: Miotti, Laura Lucia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Arqueología; Argentina Fil: Barrientos, Gustavo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Antropología; ... |
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Lichens growing on human bone remains: A case study from continental Patagonia (Deseado Massif, Santa Cruz, Argentina) |
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Lichens growing on human bone remains: A case study from continental Patagonia (Deseado Massif, Santa Cruz, Argentina) |
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Lichens growing on human bone remains: A case study from continental Patagonia (Deseado Massif, Santa Cruz, Argentina) |
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Lichens growing on human bone remains: A case study from continental Patagonia (Deseado Massif, Santa Cruz, Argentina) |
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Lichens growing on human bone remains: A case study from continental Patagonia (Deseado Massif, Santa Cruz, Argentina) |
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lichens growing on human bone remains: a case study from continental patagonia (deseado massif, santa cruz, argentina) |
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