Monica Salemme – författare

This text deals with certain geological aspects of the extreme geographical locations of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula. Topics include: Brazil - geology and vertebrate paleontology; pleistocene wave-built terraces of Northern Rio de Janeiro state; and holocene coastal evolution.

This text deals with certain geological aspects of the extreme geographical locations of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula. Topics include: Brazil - geology and vertebrate paleontology; pleistocene wave-built terraces of Northern Rio de Janeiro state; and holocene coastal evolution.

This book highlights the knowledge about landscapes and characteristics of the earliest hunter-gatherer lifeway in Southern Patagonia. It presents an analysis of the archaeological investigations carried out during three decades by an interdisciplinary team that involved archaeologists, anthropologists, paleontologists, geologists and specialists in pollen and diatoms. The database yielded was recovered from systematic survey and excavations from the Pleistocene and Holocene stratigraphic layers of the rockshelter known as AEP-1, Piedra Museo Locality, situated in the central plateau of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Piedra Museo is a unique place in the world of high academic interest with some of the earliest archaeological remains in the Americas.Researchers defined  two strata and several Stratigraphic units in the site based on the sedimentological and pedological characteristics. The depositional zones contain archaeological remains that are interpreted as hunting events corresponding to two main different occasions in the human colonization of the region, and a third human occupation during the Middle Holocene. Last one occurred then of the massive rockshelter roof colapse. The faunal remains led to a new approach to the palaeoenvironmental evolution of this enclosed basin. This volume describes the management of lithic raw materials and social networks from first human occupation of the Patagonian region to territorial consolidation of hunter-gatherer societies.

This book highlights the knowledge about landscapes and characteristics of the earliest hunter-gatherer lifeway in Southern Patagonia. It presents an analysis of the archaeological investigations carried out during three decades by an interdisciplinary team that involved archaeologists, anthropologists, paleontologists, geologists and specialists in pollen and diatoms. The database yielded was recovered from systematic survey and excavations from the Pleistocene and Holocene stratigraphic layers of the rockshelter known as AEP-1, Piedra Museo Locality, situated in the central plateau of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Piedra Museo is a unique place in the world of high academic interest with some of the earliest archaeological remains in the Americas.Researchers defined  two strata and several Stratigraphic units in the site based on the sedimentological and pedological characteristics. The depositional zones contain archaeological remains that are interpreted as hunting events corresponding to two main different occasions in the human colonization of the region, and a third human occupation during the Middle Holocene. Last one occurred then of the massive rockshelter roof colapse. The faunal remains led to a new approach to the palaeoenvironmental evolution of this enclosed basin. This volume describes the management of lithic raw materials and social networks from first human occupation of the Patagonian region to territorial consolidation of hunter-gatherer societies.

Animals are agency-bearing beings and are able to bond in emotional relationships with people. In these various associations, the boundary between human and nonhuman is permeable according to the degree of human-animal familiarity. Across time and space, humans and nonhuman animals have co-modelled their relationships in diverse interspecific interactions. Throughout human history, animals have been hunted, bred, domesticated, eaten, feared, and venerated.  This book presents several papers from the symposium Animals and people: interactions, agents and materialities, held in the XXI Congreso Nacional de Arqueología Argentina, which took place in Corrientes city, Argentina in July of 2023. Through eight chapters, authors explore: human-camelid interactions, comprising hunting, pastoralism, domestication and current management; human-felids interaction; the role of animals in the construction of social identity; the configuration of spatial interaction networks at various scales; and theoretical issues from a relational approach. These topics are approached from many different materialities and perspectives, including zooarchaeological data, stable isotope information, rock and mobile art, current animal management, hides and fleece and ethnographic information. The contributions focus on southern South America, including northern Chile, northwestern Argentina and Argentine Central, Patagonia and Pampas regions.  This book delves into the complexity of interactions between humans and nonhuman animals and the material derivatives of those relationships. The volume's interdisciplinary perspectives that integrate theoretical proposals and case studies will be references for archaeologists, anthropologists and ethnologists examining the interplay among people and nonhuman animals.

Animals are agency-bearing beings and are able to bond in emotional relationships with people. In these various associations, the boundary between human and nonhuman is permeable according to the degree of human-animal familiarity. Across time and space, humans and nonhuman animals have co-modelled their relationships in diverse interspecific interactions. Throughout human history, animals have been hunted, bred, domesticated, eaten, feared, and venerated.  This book presents several papers from the symposium Animals and people: interactions, agents and materialities, held in the XXI Congreso Nacional de Arqueología Argentina, which took place in Corrientes city, Argentina in July of 2023. Through eight chapters, authors explore: human-camelid interactions, comprising hunting, pastoralism, domestication and current management; human-felids interaction; the role of animals in the construction of social identity; the configuration of spatial interaction networks at various scales; and theoretical issues from a relational approach. These topics are approached from many different materialities and perspectives, including zooarchaeological data, stable isotope information, rock and mobile art, current animal management, hides and fleece and ethnographic information. The contributions focus on southern South America, including northern Chile, northwestern Argentina and Argentine Central, Patagonia and Pampas regions.  This book delves into the complexity of interactions between humans and nonhuman animals and the material derivatives of those relationships. The volume's interdisciplinary perspectives that integrate theoretical proposals and case studies will be references for archaeologists, anthropologists and ethnologists examining the interplay among people and nonhuman animals.