UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ

Departamento de Antropología

Laboratorio de Análisis e Investigaciones Arqueométricas

PUBLICACIONES

2025

Casanova M., Sepúlveda M., Pérez M., Gutiérrez S., Cárcamo J., Aliaga A., Grant J. & Vidal A. " Exploring pigments in ceramics from Northwest Argentina through time using Raman espectroscopy and X-ray fluorescence" Journal of Archaeological Science : Reports Vol 68 (2025) 105479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105479.

Carcamo-Vega J., Sepúlveda M., Casanova-González E. , Gutiérrez S., Mitrani A., Dauelsberg E., Aliaga A., Lemp C. & Ruvalcaba-Sil J.L. "New insights into archaeological textiles (1000-1450AD) from the coastal region of the Atacama Desert: Preliminary evidence of a cochineal and shellfish purple dye combination." PloS One 20(6):e0325623. https://doi.org/10.371/journal.pone.0325623

Sitzia L. , Osorio D. , García M. , Otto J.C. , Power X. , Gayo E.M. , Borie C. , Gallardo M & Uribe C. " Long-term occupation of bofedales ecosystems by high-Andean hunter-gatherers in the Dry Puna, northern Chile." Antiquity Vol 99 (404): el 1, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.201

Arriaza B., Halcrow S., Vizcarra A., Gutiérrez S., Ogalde J.P., Standen V. & Santos M. " The potencial hazards of smoking pots: Quantification of the black paint on the ceramics in the Atacama Desert." Journal of Archaeological Science : Reports Vol 61 (2025) 104955. https://doi.org/10.1016/jjasrep.2024.104955

Sepúlveda M., Ballester B., Cáramo Vega J., Gutiérrez S. & Gallardo F. "Mineral beads of the formative period (3500-1000 BP) in the atacama desert: an archeometrical and regional approach" Archaeological and Anthropological Science (2025) 17:64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-025-02184-9

2024

Otto J.C., Gallardo M., Sitzia L., Osorio D. & Gayo E.M. " Geomorphology of the Caracota Valley , Western Altiplano, Northern Chile", Journal of Maps Vol 20 No1, 2399948. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2024.2399948.

Gallardo M., Otto J.C., Gayo E.M & Sitzia L. " Reconstruction of glaciers in the western boundary of the Altiplano (18,5°-19°S): Singularities and insight on potencial drivers of past advances" Quaternary Science Advances 13 (2024) 100158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2023.100158

Yrarrazabal S., Power X., Sitzia L. & Salazar D. "Remains of fill and floor? contextual taphonomy in a semi-subterranean structure in the hyperarid coast of the Atacama Desert, Chile" Journal of Archaeological science:reports 53 (2024) 104324. https://doi.org/10.1016/jjasrep.2023/104324

Avila F. & Echeñique E. "Community Technical Identity among Potters in the Talina Valley, South Andean Bolivia" Ethnoarchaeology https://doi.org/10.1080/19442890.2024.2388401

Arriaza B., Ogalde J.P., Gutiérrez S., Cárcamo J., Standen V. & Figueroa L. "Archeometric evidence of the use of manganese in artifacts associated whit the Chinchorro culture" (2024), 35, 246-253. https://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2022.102

2023

Sepúlveda M., Ballester B., Cabello G., Gutiérrez S. & Walter P. "Polychromy in the Atacama Desert during the Late Intermediate Period (1000-1450 AD) : pigments characterization by XRF and VNIR hyperspectral images" Archaeological and Anthropological Science (2023) 15:121. https://10.1007/s12520-023-01813-5

González C., Castro C., Gutiérrez S. & Vargas E. "Calcium element quantification model using a portable X-ray fluorescence unit" Methods X (2023) 102287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102287

d'Errico F., David S., Coqueugniot H., Meister C., Dutkiewics E., Pigeaud R., Sitzia L., Cailhol D., Bosq M., Griggo C., Affolter J., Queffelec A. & Doyon L. "A 36200-year-old carving from Grotte des Gorges, Amange, Jura, France" Scientific Reports (2023) 13:12895. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-2023-39897-7

Sitzia L., Power X., Zurro D., Maalouf J.P., Cárcamo J., Chandia K., Alonso J.M., Borie C., Roa C., Silva C., Salazar D., Vivanco S., Hernández V., Aliste C., Ibacache S. & Lorca R. "Tracking kelp-type seaweed fuel in the archaeological record through Raman spectroscopy of charred particles: examples from the Atacama Desert coast" Archaeological and Anthropological Science (2023) 15:179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-023-01860-y

2021

Sepúlveda M., Lemp C., Cárcamo-Vega J., Casanova E., Gutiérrez S ., Maynez M., Ballester B. & Ruvalcaba J.L. "Colors and dyes of archaeological textiles from Tarapacá in the Atacama Desert (South Central Andes)" Heritage Science (2021) 9:59. https://doi.org/10.118/s40494-021-00538-9