From a thriving past to an uncertain future: Zooarchaeological evidence of two millennia of human impact on a large emblematic lizard (Iguana delicatissima) on the Guadeloupe Islands (French West Indies)
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- 作者：C. Bochatona ; b ; corentin.bochaton@mnhn.fr" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; S. Bailona ; I. Ineichb ; M. Breuilb ; A. Tresseta ; S. Grouarda
- 关键词：Archaeology ; Consumption ; Extinction crisis ; Morphological drift ; Quaternary paleontology ; Zooarchaeology
- 刊名：Quaternary Science Reviews
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：15 October 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：150
- 期：Complete
- 页码：172-183
- 全文大小：1717 K
文摘
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We studied iguanas pre-Columbian remains found in Guadeloupe islands (25 deposits).
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Only the endemic I. delicatissima occurred during pre-Columbian times (no I. iguana).
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Past iguanas occurred on all islands and could be very large (body length >50 cm).
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Selection of hunted iguanas by pre-Columbian people differs among islands.
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I. delicatissima is now largely extinct and undergone a 20% size reduction.