Avian taxa discrimination by means of feathers microstructure: an application to tulan 122, Puna de Atacama, Chile
Authors
Isaac Peña-Villalobos
Laboratorio de Zoología de Vertebrados, Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile. Las Palmeras 3425, Ñuñoa, Santiago
Pablo Fibla
Laboratorio de Zoología de Vertebrados, Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile. Las Palmeras 3425, Ñuñoa, Santiago
Michel Sallaberry
Laboratorio de Zoología de Vertebrados, Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile. Las Palmeras 3425, Ñuñoa, Santiago
Isabel Cartajena
Departamento de Antropología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Chile. Ignacio Carrera Pinto 1045, Ñuñoa, Santiago
Camila Opazo
Departamento de Antropología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Chile. Ignacio Carrera Pinto 1045, Ñuñoa, Santiago
Results of analysis from feathers recovered in the Early Formative (ca. 2700 B.P.) Tulán-122 site are presented. The site is located in Quebrada Tulán on the eastern slope of the Puna de Atacama. Macroscopic features (coloration and size) of taxidermic and zoorachaeological samples were compared. A protocol for the preparation of feather barbules was performed and the nodes were studied by using amplification (1400X). The genus Sicalis (Boie 1828) was identified. Results of the feather and bones are compared in order to discuss the taphonomic variables and interpretation of the use of birs in the site.
Keywords:
Puna de Atacama, Formative, Feathers, Integument, Bird Bones
Peña-Villalobos, I., Fibla, P., Sallaberry, M., Cartajena, I., & Opazo, C. (2015). Avian taxa discrimination by means of feathers microstructure: an application to tulan 122, Puna de Atacama, Chile. Revista Chilena De Antropología, (30). Retrieved from https://revistasaludpublica.uchile.cl/index.php/RCA/article/view/36262
