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New Archaeological Evidence for an Early Human Presence at Monte Verde, Chile by Dillehay, Tom D, Ocampo, Carlos, Saavedra, José, Sawakuchi, Andre Oliveira, Vega, Rodrigo M, Pino, Mario, Collins, Michael B, Scott Cummings, Linda, Arregui, Iván, Villagran, Ximena S, Hartmann, Gelvam A, Mella, Mauricio, González, Andrea, Dix, George

“…Questions surrounding the chronology, place, and character of the initial human colonization of the Americas are a long-standing focus of debate…”
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Absence of bones in archaeological sites from the southeast of Uruguay: Taphonomy or human behavior? by S. Villagran, Ximena, Rodriguez, Mauricio, Pereira, Heinkel Bentos, Gianotti, Camila, Sotelo, Moira, Puerto, Laura

“…The rework of daily refuse, including large quantities of faunal remains, is a common explanation for earthen mound construction in the Uruguayan lowlands,…”
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Correction: New Archaeological Evidence for an Early Human Presence at Monte Verde, Chile by Dillehay, Tom D, Ocampo, Carlos, Saavedra, José, Sawakuchi, Andre Oliveira, Vega, Rodrigo M, Pino, Mario, Collins, Michael B, Cummings, Linda Scott, Arregui, Iván, Villagran, Ximena S, Hartmann, Gelvam A, Mella, Mauricio, González, Andrea, Dix, George

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The Shell Midden Conundrum: Comparative Micromorphology of Shell-Matrix Sites from South America by Villagran, Ximena S.

“…Shell-matrix sites are one of the most widespread archaeological deposits in the world. They inform archaeologists about human adaptations to coastal…”
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A redefinition of waste: Deconstructing shell and fish mound formation among coastal groups of southern Brazil by Villagran, Ximena S.

“…•Shellmound formation goes beyond secondary discard of daily refuse.•Sediments in shellmounds show complex depositional history.•Transport of midden material…”
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Experimental Micromorphology on Burnt Shells of Anomalocardia brasiliana (Gmelin 1791) (Bivalvia, Veneridae) and Its Potential for Identification of Combustion Features on Shell-Matrix Sites by Villagran, Ximena S.

“…The identification of in situ or reworked hearths in archaeological sediments is currently one of the main topics in archaeological micromorphology. In the…”
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Shell mounds as environmental proxies on the southern coast of Brazil by Villagran, Ximena S, Giannini, Paulo CF

“…Despite the multiple constraints of using shell mounds for building relative-sea-level (RSL) curves, one of the premises behind this use is still valid in…”
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A new form of needle-fiber calcite produced by physical weathering of shells by Villagran, Ximena S., Poch, Rosa M.

“…Needle-fiber calcite is a common crystal form in soils and sediments from diverse environmental settings, and it has been used as evidence of a specific soil…”
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Living in the cold: Geoarchaeology of sealing sites from Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island, Antarctica) by Villagran, Ximena S., Schaefer, Carlos E.G.R., Ligouis, Bertrand

“…Few geoarchaeological studies have been conducted in the Antarctic continent. This paper contains the first results of the geoarchaeological research done in…”
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Early Holocene ritual complexity in South America: the archaeological record of Lapa do Santo (east-central Brazil) by Strauss, André, Oliveira, Rodrigo Elias, Villagran, Ximena S., Bernardo, Danilo V., Salazar-García, Domingo C., Bissaro, Marcos César, Pugliese, Francisco, Hermenegildo, Tiago, Santos, Rafael, Barioni, Alberto, de Oliveira, Emiliano Castro, Moreno de Sousa, João Carlos, Jaouen, Klervia, Ernani, Max, Hubbe, Mark, Inglez, Mariana, Gratão, Marina, Rockwell, H., Machado, Márcia, de Souza, Gustavo, Chemale, Farid, Kawashita, Koji, O'Connell, Tamsin C., Israde, Isabel, Feathers, James, Campi, Claudio, Richards, Michael, Wahl, Joachim, Kipnis, Renato, Araujo, Astolfo, Neves, Walter

“…Early Archaic human skeletal remains found in a burial context in Lapa do Santo in east-central Brazil provide a rare glimpse into the lives of hunter-gatherer…”
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Stratigraphic and spatial variability in shell middens: microfacies identification at the ethnohistoric site Tunel VII (Tierra del Fuego, Argentina) by Villagran, Ximena S., Balbo, Andrea L., Madella, Marco, Vila, Assumpció, Estevez, Jordi

“…Based on ethnographic accounts from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, functional areas have been identified within Fueginian shell middens. In this…”
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Macroscopic and microbiological alterations of bird and small mammal bones buried in a Cerrado biome (south western Brazil) by Forancelli Pacheco, Mírian L.A., Villagran, Ximena S., Martins, Gilson R.

“…In this paper, we present the results of an experimental approach developed to study the macroscopic and microbiological alteration of bird and small mammal…”
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With an Eye on the Southern Shores: Insights Into South American Coastal Archaeology by Villagran, Ximena S.

“…The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology With an Eye on the Southern Shores:…”
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Building Coastal Landscapes: Zooarchaeology and Geoarchaeology of Brazilian Shell Mounds by Villagran, Ximena S., Klokler, Daniela, Peixoto, Silvia, DeBlasis, Paulo, Giannini, Paulo C. F.

“…Brazilian shell sites are largely considered to have been multifunctional and the location of both sacred and secular activities. This article explores the…”
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O que sabemos dos grupos construtores de sambaquis? Breve revisão da arqueologia da costa sudeste do Brasil, dos primeiros sambaquis até a chegada da cerâmica Jê by Ximena S. Villagran

“…Desde a década de 1990 até o ano de 2012, mais de cento e cinquenta trabalhos foram produzidos sobre a pré-história do litoral sudeste do Brasil. A grande…”
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Evidence confirms an anthropic origin of Amazonian Dark Earths by Lombardo, Umberto, Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel, Schmidt, Morgan, Huisman, Hans, Lima, Helena P., de Paula Moraes, Claide, Neves, Eduardo G., Clement, Charles R., Aires da Fonseca, João, de Almeida, Fernando Ozorio, Vieira Alho, Carlos Francisco Brazão, Bronk Ramsey, Christopher, Brown, George G., Cavallini, Marta S., Lima da Costa, Marcondes, Cunha, Luís, dos Anjos, Lúcia Helena C., Denevan, William M., Fausto, Carlos, Fernandes Caromano, Caroline, Fontana, Ademir, Franchetto, Bruna, Glaser, Bruno, Heckenberger, Michael J., Hecht, Susanna, Honorato, Vinicius, Jarosch, Klaus A., Braga Junqueira, André, Kater, Thiago, Tamanaha, Eduardo K., Kuyper, Thomas W., Lehmann, Johannes, Madella, Marco, Maezumi, S. Yoshi, Matthews Cascon, Leandro, Mayle, Francis E., McKey, Doyle, Moraes, Bruno, Morcote-Ríos, Gaspar, Palheta Barbosa, Carlos A., Magalhães, Marcos Pereira, Prestes-Carneiro, Gabriela, Pugliese, Francisco, Pupim, Fabiano N., Raczka, Marco F., Py-Daniel, Anne Rapp, Riris, Philip, Cigaran da Rocha, Bruna, Rodrigues, Leonor, Rostain, Stéphen, Macedo, Rodrigo Santana, Shock, Myrtle P., Sprafke, Tobias, Stampanoni Bassi, Filippo, Valle, Raoni, Vidal-Torrado, Pablo, Villagrán, Ximena S., Watling, Jennifer, Weber, Sadie L., Teixeira, Wenceslau Geraldes

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Ceramic archaeometric studies in the Amazon and Caribbean regions: A review by Lozada‐Mendieta, Natalia, Villagran, Ximena S.

“…Archaeometry had a slow start in the study of Amazonian and Caribbean ceramics, practiced almost exclusively by professionals outside of the archaeology…”
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Buried in ashes: Site formation processes at Lapa do Santo rockshelter, east-central Brazil by Villagran, Ximena S., Strauss, André, Miller, Christopher, Ligouis, Bertrand, Oliveira, Rodrigo

“…Few archaeological sites in the Americas contain high concentrations of human burials dating back to the early Holocene. The tropical karstic region of Lagoa…”
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Microtaphonomy in archaeological sites: The use of soil micromorphology to better understand bone taphonomy in archaeological contexts by Estévez, Jordi, Villagran, Ximena S., Balbo, Andrea L., Hardy, Karen

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Virtual micromorphology: The application of micro-CT scanning for the identification of termite mounds in archaeological sediments by Villagran, Ximena S., Strauss, André, Alves, Marcony, Oliveira, Rodrigo Elias

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