Abstract: The results of zooarchaeological study carried out on the bone remains of armadillos (Mammalia, Dasypodidae) from four Sierras of Córdoba (Argentina) archaeological sites were presented. The radiocarbon dates place chronologically their occupation at the last millennium of the Late Holocene (ca. 970±110 and 290±3714CBP). Four taxa were identified: Chaetophractus villosus, Chaetophractus vellerosus, Euphractus sp. and Dasypus sp. The diagnostic characters of their bony dermal scutes or osteoderms were described in order to facilitate their ta...
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