Search Results - "Debora Zurro"

Human-Plant Coevolution: A modelling framework for theory-building on the origins of agriculture by Angourakis, Andreas, Alcaina-Mateos, Jonas, Madella, Marco, Zurro, Debora

“…The domestication of plants and the origin of agricultural societies has been the focus of much theoretical discussion on why, how, when, and where these…”
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Small-scale societies and environmental transformations: coevolutionary dynamics by Reyes-García, Victoria, Zurro, Debora, Caro, Jorge, Madella, Marco

“…This editorial introduces the special feature ofEcology and SocietyentitledSmall-Scale Societies and Environmental Transformations: Coevolutionary Dynamics…”
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Taphonomical aspects of silica phytoliths in the loess sediments of the Argentinean Pampas by Osterrieth, Margarita, Madella, Marco, Zurro, Debora, Fernanda Alvarez, M.

“…Although Pampean loess and pedostratigraphy processes in the Pampas have been widely studied, phytoliths observed in these sediments have been only mentioned…”
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Resilience of small-scale societies’ livelihoods: a framework for studying the transition from food gathering to food production by Lancelotti, Carla, Zurro, Debora, Whitehouse, Nicki J., Kramer, Karen L., Madella, Marco, García-Granero, Juan José, Greaves, Russell D.

“…The origins of agriculture and the shift from hunting and gathering to committed agriculture is regarded as one of the major transitions in human history…”
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Quantitative Analysis of Drought Management Strategies across Ethnographically-Researched African Societies: A Pilot Study by Biagetti, Stefano, Zurro, Debora, Alcaina-Mateos, Jonas, Bortolini, Eugenio, Madella, Marco

“…In this paper, we present a pilot study aimed at investigating the impact of subsistence strategies and environmental pressure on the distribution of…”
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Phytoliths as proxies of the past by Rashid, Irfan, Mir, Showkat H., Zurro, Débora, Dar, Reyaz A., Reshi, Zafar A.

“…Phytoliths are silica casts of plant cells, created within and between living tissues across almost all plant clades. Because they are abundant, durable and…”
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Let’s go fishing: A quantitative analysis of subsistence choices with a special focus on mixed economies among small-scale societies by Ahedo, Virginia, Zurro, Débora, Caro, Jorge, Galán, José Manuel

“…The transition to agriculture is regarded as a major turning point in human history. In the present contribution we propose to look at it through the lens of…”
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One, two, three phytoliths: assessing the minimum phytolith sum for archaeological studies by Zurro, Debora

“…The number of phytolith studies has increased steadily in the last decades in palaeoecological as well as archaeological research, and phytolith analysis is…”
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Fishing during the early human occupations of the Atacama Desert coast: what if we standardize the data? by Rebolledo, Sandra, Béarez, Philippe, Zurro, Débora

“…The Atacama Desert coast (18–30° S) presents one of the earliest chronologies in the South America region, whose first occupations date from ~ 13,000 cal BP…”
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Quantifying the relationship between food sharing practices and socio-ecological variables in small-scale societies: A cross-cultural multi-methodological approach by Ahedo, Virginia, Caro, Jorge, Bortolini, Eugenio, Zurro, Débora, Madella, Marco, Galán, José Manuel

“…This article presents a cross-cultural study of the relationship among the subsistence strategies, the environmental setting and the food sharing practices of…”
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Directions in current and future phytolith research by Zurro, Débora, García-Granero, Juan José, Lancelotti, Carla, Madella, Marco

“…The analysis of phytoliths has progressed immensely in recent years. Increases in the number of phytolith works within several disciplines has substantially…”
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Emergence and Evolution of Cooperation Under Resource Pressure by Pereda, María, Zurro, Débora, Santos, José I., Briz i Godino, Ivan, Álvarez, Myrian, Caro, Jorge, Galán, José M.

“…We study the influence that resource availability has on cooperation in the context of hunter-gatherer societies. This paper proposes a model based on…”
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Effect of resource spatial correlation and hunter-fisher-gatherer mobility on social cooperation in Tierra del Fuego by Santos, José Ignacio, Pereda, María, Zurro, Débora, Álvarez, Myrian, Caro, Jorge, Galán, José Manuel, Briz i Godino, Ivan

“…This article presents an agent-based model designed to explore the development of cooperation in hunter-fisher-gatherer societies that face a dilemma of…”
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Towards automatic phytolith classification using feature extraction and combination strategies by Díez-Pastor, José-Francisco, Latorre-Carmona, Pedro, Arnaiz-González, Álvar, Canepa-Oneto, Antonio, Ruiz-Pérez, Javier, Zurro, Débora

“…Phytolith analysis is now an essential technique, both for the reconstruction of past environmental and climatic changes and for the study of anthropic and…”
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Las plantas que alimentan el fogón: primeros resultados del registro fitolítico de estructuras de combustión de Cueva de los Catalanes (Araucanía, Chile) by Roa Solís, Constanza, Zurro, Débora

“…Introducción y objetivos: El manejo del fuego es una temática ampliamente tratada en Arqueología, generalmente mediante análisis antracológicos y carpológicos…”
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Oxygen isotopic composition of limpet shells from the Beagle Channel: implications for seasonal studies in shell middens of Tierra del Fuego by Colonese, André Carlo, Verdún-Castelló, Ester, Álvarez, Myrian, Briz i Godino, Ivan, Zurro, Débora, Salvatelli, Lorena

“…Shell middens distributed along the coastal areas of the Beagle Channel (Tierra del Fuego) testify the primary role of marine resources in the successful…”
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Heinrich Event 2 (ca. 24 ka BP) as a chrono-climatic anchor for the appearance of Epipaleolithic backed bladelets microlith industries in the Southern Levant by Abadi, Itay, Torfstein, Adi, Friesem, David E., Langgut, Dafna, Jin, Minji, Rabinovich, Rivka, Steiner, Tikvah, Zurro, Debora, Gur-Arieh, Shira, Ovadia, Ahiad, Goring-Morris, Adrian Nigel

“…The Early Epipaleolithic (EEP) of the Southern Levant, roughly dated to 25-18 ka BP, is characterized by microlithic industries with highly variable synchronic…”
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Variability of the phytolith record in fisher–hunter–gatherer sites: An example from the Yamana society (Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina) by Zurro, Débora, Madella, Marco, Briz, Ivan, Vila, Assumpció

“…Phytoliths were analysed from shell-midden samples from the Yamana site Túnel VII, located on the northern shore of the Beagle Channel, in Tierra del Fuego. A…”
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Hunter–gatherer mobility and technological landscapes in southernmost South America: a statistical learning approach by Briz i Godino, Ivan, Ahedo, Virginia, Álvarez, Myrian, Pal, Nélida, Turnes, Lucas, Santos, José Ignacio, Zurro, Débora, Caro, Jorge, Galán, José Manuel

“…The present work aims to quantitatively explore and understand the relationship between mobility types (nautical versus pedestrian), specific technological…”
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Towards high-resolution shell midden archaeology: Experimental and ethnoarchaeology in Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) by Briz Godino, Ivan, Álvarez, Myrian, Balbo, Andrea, Zurro, Débora, Madella, Marco, Villagrán, Ximena, French, Charles

“…This paper discusses the ongoing ethnoarchaeological research carried out in Yamana shell middens of Tierra del Fuego. Ethnoarchaeology is used in this…”
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