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Evaluation of a combined drought indicator against crop yield estimations and simulations over the Argentine Humid Pampas
Droughts pose serious threats to the agricultural sector, especially in rainfed-dominated agricultural regions like those in Argentina’s Humid...
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Systemic stress in hunter-gatherers from the Central Pampas Dunefields (Argentina): evaluating linear enamel hypoplasia during the Holocene
This research aims to evaluate whether the socio-environmental changes observed in the Central Pampas Dunefields (Argentina) throughout the Holocene...
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ENSO Signal on Subseasonal Precipitation Distribution and Soil Moisture Response in the Argentine Pampas
Climate services provide information on El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) evolution and predicted seasonal precipitation, broadly used by decision...
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Analysis of subsurface data to characterize neotectonic structures in the Pampas plains, southwestern sector of the San Guillermo Elevated Block, Argentina
Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) and topographic profiles obtained by differential global positioning system were used to study depth...
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Technology, subsistence, and mobility of Middle to Late Holocene hunter-gatherers in the southern Pampas: new archaeological data from Las Toscas shallow lake (Argentina)
Despite a long history of hunter-gatherer occupation in the Pampas region starting at the end of the Pleistocene, the known archaeological record is...
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Small artifacts among the hunter-gatherers of the southern La Plata Basin
Small artifacts and miniatures are reduced objects that can be connected to rituals, children’s activities, and small game. Material correlates can...
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Spatial and temporal changes of aridity in Argentina and its relationship with some oceanic-atmospheric teleconnection patterns
This paper analyzes spatial and temporal changes of aridity in Argentina (1961–2022). The aridity degree, using Climatic Research Unit (CRU) monthly...
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Armored catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Miocene of southern Pampas and its palaeobiogeographical implications
Armored catfishes are grouped within the clade Loricariidae. They are typically Brazilian freshwater fishes that show a high taxonomic diversity in...
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Integrated geophysical investigation for understanding agriculturally induced landslides in southern Peru
We conducted near-surface geophysical surveys in and around the Majes I agricultural development (60 km west of Arequipa, Peru), where the nexus of...
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Characterizing the Spatial Patterns of Vertical Crustal Deformations Over the South American Continent Based on GNSS Imaging
Aiming to characterize the spatial patterns of vertical crustal motions over the South American continent, the position time series of 601 GNSS sites...
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Pre-Hispanic terrace agricultural practices and long-distance transfer of plant taxa in the southern-central Peruvian Andes revealed by phytolith and pollen analysis
The archaeological excavation of two abandoned prehispanic agricultural terraces (Infiernillo and Tocotoccasa) in the Chicha-Soras Valley (Apurimac)...
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Assessment of heat stress and cloudiness probabilities in post-flowering of spring wheat and canola in the Southern Cone of South America
Episodes of heat stress constrain crop production and will be aggravated in the near future according to short and medium-term climate scenarios....
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Actualistic Taphonomy of Freshwater Mollusks from the Argentine Pampas: An Overview of Recent Research Progress
Historically, the development of taphonomic studies in freshwater environments has been scarce and mainly restricted to the Northern Hemisphere, with...
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Hydrology and Hydrogeology in the Cordillera Blanca
While the hydrology of the Cordillera Blanca is often related to the extensive glacierization, this seasonally dry tropical mountainous region also...
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Climate change or climate regimes? Examining multi-annual variations in the frequency of precipitation extremes over the Argentine Pampas
A recent period of increased precipitation over the Argentinian Pampas expanded the boundary of rain-fed agriculture. However, such changes may not...
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From fossil trader to paleontologist: on Swiss-born naturalist Santiago Roth and his scientific contributions
Roth’s explorations, the resulting collections many now allocated in La Plata, Zurich, Geneva and Copenhagen, and his significant contributions in...
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On Roth’s “human fossil” from Baradero, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina: morphological and genetic analysis
The “human fossil” from Baradero, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, is a collection of skeleton parts first recovered by the paleontologist Santiago...
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Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction through phytolith analysis in the Casa de Pedra shell mound archaeological site, São Francisco do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Shell mounds, or middens, are artificial accumulations of food remains such as shells, sediments, artefacts and remains from daily life and funerary...
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Recent environmental changes inferred from sediments in a shallow lake of the Argentinian pampas
The Pampas are fertile lowland plains that extend across east-central Argentina and are renowned for their agricultural importance. The low...
