Pilauco: A Late Pleistocene Archaeo-paleontological Site: Osorno, Northwestern Patagonia and Chile (The Latin American Studies Book Series)

This volume combines 10 years of accomplished research at the Pilauco site. The studies are focused on a variety of scientific areas including geological, sedimentological, geomorphological and paleobotanical topics, as well as paleontology of vertebrata and invertebrata, micropaleontology, archaeology, biochemistry, taxonomy, taphonomy, astrophysics and the development of some particular touristic aspects. In 18 chapters a variety of authors describe the excavation and investigation of this unique location. The book presents Pilauco as an example for the natural laboratory which can be found in South America, a testing ground for many of the hypotheses regarding migrations of animals and humans. In this context the study of topics, such as the paleozoography, the role of megafauna species for the architecture of the forests, the animal extinctions or the early human settlements, is extremely important on a global scale. The Pilauco site features paleontological and archaeological evidences and is contemporaneous with the Monte Verde site (~ 15,000 cal. yr AP). It is located 100 km north from Monte Verde and lies within the Intermediate Depression in northwestern Chilean Patagonia. It was discovered by chance in 1986 and has been excavated and investigated since 2007. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Pilauco and Los Notros Sites Research: A Narration of Human and Scientific Events (Mario Pino)....Pages 1-11 From Gondwana to the Great American Biotic Interchange: The Birth of South American Fauna (Martín F. Chávez Hoffmeister)....Pages 13-32 Geology, Stratigraphy, and Chronology of the Pilauco Site (Mario Pino, Alejandra Martel-Cea, Rodrigo M. Vega, Daniel Fritte, Karin Soto-Bollmann)....Pages 33-53 The Proboscidean Gomphotheres (Mammalia, Gomphotheriidae) from Southernmost South America (Omar P. Recabarren)....Pages 55-68 The Camelids (Artiodactyla: Camelidae) and Equids (Perissodactyla: Equidae) from the Pilauco Site, Northwestern Chilean Patagonia (Rafael Labarca)....Pages 69-94 Sporormiella Fungal Spores as a Proxy for Megaherbivore Abundance and Decline at Pilauco (Mario Pino, Nathalie Cossio-Montecinos, Benazzir Pinto)....Pages 95-109 Micromammals (Mammal: Rodentia) from Pilauco: Identification and Environmental Considerations (Patricia Canales-Brellenthin)....Pages 111-121 Taphonomy of the Pilauco Site, Northwestern Chilean Patagonia (Rafael Labarca)....Pages 123-156 Vegetation–Climate–Megafauna Interactions During the Late Glacial in Pilauco Site, Northwestern Patagonia (Ana M. Abarzúa, Alejandra Martel-Cea, Viviana Lobos)....Pages 157-173 Diatoms: Microalgae from Pilauco (Leonora Jarpa-Mateluna)....Pages 175-182 Phytolith Analysis from Coprolites of Pilauco (Valentina Álvarez-Barra)....Pages 183-193 Fossil Coleoptera from the Pilauco Site: An Approach to Late Pleistocene Microenvironments (Francisco Tello, Fernanda Torres)....Pages 195-212 Coprolites as Proxies for Paleoparasitology at Pilauco (Leonora Salvadores-Cerda, Felipe Ramírez-Mercado)....Pages 213-230 The Site Los Notros: Geology and First Taxonomic Descriptions (María Paz Lira, Rafael Labarca, Daniel Fritte, Hugo Oyarzo, Mario Pino)....Pages 231-248 Evidence from Pilauco, Chile Suggests a Catastrophic Cosmic Impact Occurred Near the Site ∼12,800 Years Ago (Allen West, Ted Bunch, Malcolm A. Lecompte, Víctor Adedeji, Christopher R. Moore, Wendy S. Wolbach)....Pages 249-270 The Cultural Materials from Pilauco and Los Notros Sites (Ximena Navarro-Harris, Mario Pino, Pedro Guzman-Marín)....Pages 271-316 Planning and Managing a Palaeontological Tourism Destination: The Case of Pilauco-Osorno, Chile (Silvia Constabel, Katerina Veloso)....Pages 317-332 The Pilauco and Los Notros Sites: A Final Discussion (Mario Pino)....Pages 333-340 Back Matter ....Pages 341-343 This volume combines 10 years of accomplished research at the Pilauco site. The studies are focused on a variety of scientific areas including geological, sedimentological, geomorphological and paleobotanical topics, as well as paleontology of vertebrata and invertebrata, micropaleontology, archaeology, biochemistry, taxonomy, taphonomy, astrophysics and the development of some particular touristic aspects. In 18 chapters a variety of authors describe the excavation and investigation of this unique location. The book presents Pilauco as an example for the natural laboratory which can be found in South America, a testing ground for many of the hypotheses regarding migrations of animals and humans. In this context the study of topics, such as the paleozoography, the role of megafauna species for the architecture of the forests, the animal extinctions or the early human settlements, is extremely important on a global scale. The Pilauco site features paleontological and archaeological evidences and is contemporaneous with the Monte Verde site (ca. 15,000 cal. yr AP). It is located 100 km north from Monte Verde and lies within the Intermediate Depression in northwestern Chilean Patagonia. It was discovered by chance in 1986 and has been excavated and investigated since 2007 This volume combines 10 years of accomplished research at the Pilauco site. The studies are focused on a variety of scientific areas including geological, sedimentological, geomorphological and paleobotanical topics, as well as paleontology of vertebrata and invertebrata, micropaleontology, archaeology, biochemistry, taxonomy, taphonomy, astrophysics and the development of some particular touristic aspects. In 18 chapters a variety of authors describe the excavation and investigation of this unique location.0The book presents Pilauco as an example for the natural laboratory which can be found in South America, a testing ground for many of the hypotheses regarding migrations of animals and humans. In this context the study of topics, such as the paleozoography, the role of megafauna species for the architecture of the forests, the animal extinctions or the early human settlements, is extremely important on a global scale.0The Pilauco site features paleontological and archaeological evidences and is contemporaneous with the Monte Verde site (~ 15,000 cal. yr AP). It is located 100 km north from Monte Verde and lies within the Intermediate Depression in northwestern Chilean Patagonia. It was discovered by chance in 1986 and has been excavated and investigated since 2007