Pengarang: A. Sebastián Muñoz

Mariana Mondini is a Researcher of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET, Argentina) at the Laboratorio de Zooarqueología y Tafonomía de Zonas Áridas (La ZTA, IDACOR), and teaches in the Department of Anthropology of the Universidad de Buenos Aires. She holds a Ph D in Archaeology by the Universidad de Buenos Aires, and a Diploma de Estudios Avanzados in Palaeontology by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. She is part of the Executive and International Committees of the International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ), and also a Coordinator of the Neotropical Zooarchaeology Working Group (NZWG-ICAZ). Her research focuses on long-term human-animal interactions and vertebrate taphonomy in the Andean region and in the arid lands of Southern South America generally. She has edited some volumes and has published several book chapters and a number of articles on these and related issues. A. Sebastián Muñoz, Ph D by the Universidad de Buenos Aires, is a Researcher at the National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET, Argentina) where he investigates hunter-gatherer zooarchaeology and taphonomy in coastal Patagonia. As a Professor of the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, he teaches Human Evolution and Osteoarchaeology at the Department of Anthropology.  He is part of the International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) since 2002, and an elected member of the International Committee of this organization since 2010, and is a Coordinator of the Neotropical Zooarchaeology Working Group (NZWG-ICAZ).  He has co-organized and published three symposiums on zooarchaeology and marginal areas and zooarchaeology and taphonomy at a Neotropical scale. His research on human-animal interactions in Southern Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego island has produced several book chapters and articles dealing with marine and terrestrial mammal exploitation by past Patagonian human populations, as well as actualistic studies on natural bone accumulations. Pablo Marcelo Fernández is a Researcher of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET, Argentina), working at the Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano (INAPL, Ministerio de Cultura, Buenos Aires, Argentina). He is a Ph D by the Universidad de Buenos Aires, and teaches in the Anthropology area (Ciclo Básico Común) and the Archaeology area (Facultad de Filosofía y Letras) at this University. He is a Coordinator of the Neotropical Zooarchaeology Working Group (NZWG) of the International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ). His research focuses on hunter-gatherer/prey interactions in Northern Patagonia, vertebrate taphonomy in arid and forest environments, and heritage, centred in the management of rock art archaeological sites. He has published a book, several book chapters and numerous articles on these topics.