La microscopía como herramienta metodológica en zooarqueología y tafonomía en Chile: casos y perspectivas
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: The development of microscopy for the archaeological materials analysis since the early ‘50s, has strongly impacted the development of analytical methodologies that allow access to a record, otherwise, inaccessible. However, Latin America has remained relatively outside to the development of such innovations. In the last decade, however, the use of microscopy of different nature and magnification levels, and still has gained a shy impulse among researchers, perhaps coinciding with an increased interest in technology and bone traceology. In this paper we presents a synthesis of the impact of the use of microscopes (and especially at Scanning Electron Microscope) in chilean zooarchaeology and taphonomy from the analysis of specific cases, a critical assessment of their capabilities, technical requirements, costs and weaknesses in the context of zooarchaeological research.
Source: Revista Chilena de Antropología
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Paleontology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2163602373