Álvaro Lizama-CatalánUniversity of Chile · Departamento de Antropología
Álvaro Lizama-Catalán
Archaeologist
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Introduction
Archaeologist, with a growing specialization in zooarchaeology and taphonomy of small vertebrates. I currently work with the faunal remains of several Late Pleistocene sites of the lacustrine Taguatagua basin, Central Chile. Is in that place, where early hunter-gatherers exploited several taxa, including extinct megafauna and mostly extant small vertebrates.
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January 2018 - March 2018
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Taguatagua 1 is a late Pleistocene open-air archaeological site located on an ancient lakeshore in central Chile and dated to around 12,600 cal BP. It presents clear evidence of human and megafauna (Equidae, Gomphotheriidae and Cervidae) interaction that includes burned, fractured and cut-marked bones, as well as tusk and bone-made instruments. Mix...
El sitio arqueo-paleontológico de Taguatagua 1, es el asentamiento humano más antiguo de la zona central de Chile, con una cronología de 12.510-12.670 años cal AP. Este sitio fue descubierto y excavado en dos campañas separadas por casi 20 años, registrándose un contexto de megafauna (> 15 kg) directamente asociada a instrumentos líticos y óseos, j...
The Laguna de Tagua Tagua has yielded two important late Pleistocene archaeological sites, Taguatagua 1 and Taguatagua 2, in which a clear early human exploitation of megafauna has been recorded. Particularly in Taguatagua 1 (TT-1), here re-dated around 12,600 cal yr BP, an abundant small faunal assemblage was also recovered, which had not been pre...
Se presenta un nuevo yacimiento con vertebrados pleistocenos hallados en el interfluvio de los ríos Loa y San Salvador, Región de Antofagasta, y excavado durante el desarrollo del proyecto "Línea de Alta Tensión 2X500 KV Los Changos/Kimal". El hallazgo ocurrió en un lente de gravas arenosas perteneciente a la Formación Quillagua (Plioceno-Pleistoce...
La antigua Laguna de Taguatagua (ca.34°30’S) desecada artificialmente a inicios del S XIX, es una de las localidades arqueo-paleontológicas más relevantes de Chile central. No solo alberga dos
yacimientos clásicos donde se ha documentado interacción entre grupos humanos y fauna hoy extinta, Taguatagua 1 y 2 (Montane 1968, Núñez et al. 1994), sino q...
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We present the results of the excavations and analyses of the diverse and exceptional archaeological assemblage of Taguatagua 3, a new late Pleistocene site located in the ancient Tagua Tagua lake in Central Chile (34°S). The anthropogenic context is constrained in a coherently dated stratigraphic deposit which adds new information about the mobili...
We describe the first crocodyliform tooth found in continental deposits from the Quebrada Monardes Formation (Lower Cretaceous) at Cerro La Isla, Atacama Region, northern Chile. Though the fossil (SGO.PV.1160) is poorly preserved, the enamel surfaces clearly bear tightly-packed apicobasal ridges. Comparisons of SGO.PV.1160 with the dental morpholog...
Los sitios del periodo Paleoindio o Pleistoceno terminal, han sido históricamente caracterizados como lugares de matanza y faenamiento de grandes mamíferos extintos, denominados megafauna. Sin embargo, al mismo tiempo, en varios de estos sitios arqueológicos, ubicados a lo largo del continente, se han recuperado, además, pequeños animales que no ha...
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Question (1)
Hi there, I am doing a zooarchaeological analysis in rodent bones. I have identified the taxons involved and group them in size groups (Big, medium and small). So, besides that, I need to take measures from my bone ensemble. What do I have to measure for each one of the different bone types? (Long bone, short, flat, irregular and besides, teeths). For example: In a femur, should I measure the size of the diafisis and also the whole bone? or what? I do not have clue at all above this
I would really appreciate any advice in this matter
Thank you for your time
