Bioarchaeological analysis of human remains recovered at La Tigra site (Hucal Department, La Pampa Province, Argentina)
This paper presents the results of the bioarchaeological and osteobiographic analysis of human skeletal remains recovered from La Tigra site, located in the department of Hucal, southeast of La Pampa province. During the archaeological survey sat the site, abundant lithic artifacts, pottery fragment...
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Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2024
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/13421 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=arqueo&d=13421_oai |
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| Sumario: | This paper presents the results of the bioarchaeological and osteobiographic analysis of human skeletal remains recovered from La Tigra site, located in the department of Hucal, southeast of La Pampa province. During the archaeological survey sat the site, abundant lithic artifacts, pottery fragments, faunal material, a vitreous bead, and a smelting pot fragment were also recovered. From the analysis of the skeletal assemblage, it was possible to identify an adult individual of indeterminate sex, whose radiocarbon chronology, assigned to the final late Holocene (590 ± 20 years BP), agrees with other cases recorded in the micro region. The osteobiographic analysis results reveal that the characteristics of the individual reflect health conditions (low levels of systemic metabolic stress and dental calculus) and lifestyles previously identified at a regional level. Their diet was predominantly terrestrial and their residence was local. The interpretations show the possibility of obtaining substantial information from fragmented bone assemblages using an approach such as osteobiography, constituting a valuable complement to population approaches. |
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