Zooarchaeology in the Neotropics: Environmental diversity and human-animal interactions

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Zooarchaeology in the Neotropics: An Introduction....Pages 1-6
Pinniped Capture and Processing: A Comparative Analysis from Beagle Channel (Tierra del Fuego, Argentina)....Pages 7-23
Use of Marine Fauna and Tool Stones in the South of Buenos Aires Province (Argentina) During the Middle and Late Holocene....Pages 25-46
Shell Mounds of the Southeast Coast of Brazil: Recovering Information on Past Malacological Biodiversity....Pages 47-60
Faunal Subsistence Resources in the Cañada Honda Locality (Northeastern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina)....Pages 61-80
Space Use Patterns and Resource Exploitation of Shell Middens from the Río de La Plata Coast (ca. 6000–2000 Years BP), Uruguay....Pages 81-101
Use of Animals During the Mid-Archaic and the Initial Period in Pernil Alto: A Site in the Palpa Valleys, Southern Coast of Peru....Pages 103-122
Taphonomy of Surface Archaeological Bone Assemblages in Coastal Patagonia: A Case Study....Pages 123-136
The Fossorial Faunal Record at the Beltrán Onofre Banegas-Lami Hernandez Archaeological Site (Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina): A Taphonomic Approach....Pages 137-156
Archaeological Collagen Fingerprinting in the Neotropics; Protein Survival in 6000 Year Old Dwarf Deer Remains from Pedro González Island, Pearl Islands, Panama....Pages 157-175
Osteometrics of South-Central Andean Wild Camelids: New Standards....Pages 177-188