An integral approach to the study of bromalites. Late Quaternary and neo-taphonomic case studies from arid South America
Bromalites are fossil traces of organisms, consisting of material from their digestive system, including coprolites, regurgitalites, consumulites, pabulites and digestilites (Hunt, 1992; Hunt and Lucas, 2021). As such, they inform about the interactions between bromalite-producing organisms and othe...
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| description | Bromalites are fossil traces of organisms, consisting of material from their digestive system, including coprolites, regurgitalites, consumulites, pabulites and digestilites (Hunt, 1992; Hunt and Lucas, 2021). As such, they inform about the interactions between bromalite-producing organisms and others, as well as between them and the environment generally, at a relatively fine temporal and spatial resolution. Yet, bromalites have often been dismissed in paleontological and, especially, archaeological research. This work discusses the relevance of bromalites as sources of paleoecological and even cultural information, and the importance of integrating multiple lines of evidence and different scales of analysis in the taphonomic study of bromalites. To do so, it reviews the different proxies that can be analysed, and illustrates this integral approach with examples of late Quaternary and modern contexts from an ongoing project in arid South America. It intends to show the potential of such a multiproxy and multiscale approach in order to elicit as much information as possible from these palaeobiological reservoirs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8c1dc5f2a8044a51a6509fa2bb224fd72023-10-13T11:05:52ZengElsevierQuaternary Science Advances2666-03342023-10-0112100101An integral approach to the study of bromalites. Late Quaternary and neo-taphonomic case studies from arid South AmericaMariana Mondini0Laboratorio de Zooarqueología y Tafonomía de Zonas Áridas (LaZTA), Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba (IDACOR), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Av. H. Yrigoyen 174, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina.; Laboratorio de Zooarqueología y Tafonomía de Zonas Áridas (LaZTA), Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba (IDACOR), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina; Departamento de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBromalites are fossil traces of organisms, consisting of material from their digestive system, including coprolites, regurgitalites, consumulites, pabulites and digestilites (Hunt, 1992; Hunt and Lucas, 2021). As such, they inform about the interactions between bromalite-producing organisms and others, as well as between them and the environment generally, at a relatively fine temporal and spatial resolution. Yet, bromalites have often been dismissed in paleontological and, especially, archaeological research. This work discusses the relevance of bromalites as sources of paleoecological and even cultural information, and the importance of integrating multiple lines of evidence and different scales of analysis in the taphonomic study of bromalites. To do so, it reviews the different proxies that can be analysed, and illustrates this integral approach with examples of late Quaternary and modern contexts from an ongoing project in arid South America. It intends to show the potential of such a multiproxy and multiscale approach in order to elicit as much information as possible from these palaeobiological reservoirs.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666033423000333CoprolitesRaptor pelletsMultiproxy analysisMulti-scale approachQuaternaryNeo-taphonomy |
| spellingShingle | Mariana Mondini An integral approach to the study of bromalites. Late Quaternary and neo-taphonomic case studies from arid South America Quaternary Science Advances Coprolites Raptor pellets Multiproxy analysis Multi-scale approach Quaternary Neo-taphonomy |
| title | An integral approach to the study of bromalites. Late Quaternary and neo-taphonomic case studies from arid South America |
| title_full | An integral approach to the study of bromalites. Late Quaternary and neo-taphonomic case studies from arid South America |
| title_fullStr | An integral approach to the study of bromalites. Late Quaternary and neo-taphonomic case studies from arid South America |
| title_full_unstemmed | An integral approach to the study of bromalites. Late Quaternary and neo-taphonomic case studies from arid South America |
| title_short | An integral approach to the study of bromalites. Late Quaternary and neo-taphonomic case studies from arid South America |
| title_sort | integral approach to the study of bromalites late quaternary and neo taphonomic case studies from arid south america |
| topic | Coprolites Raptor pellets Multiproxy analysis Multi-scale approach Quaternary Neo-taphonomy |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666033423000333 |
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