Abstract

IUCCI, María Emilia; COBOS, Virginia A.; MOSCARDI, Bruno  and  PEREZ, S. Ivan. Bioarchaeological and isotopic characterization of human remains from a burial of the Late Period site El Molino (Belén Department, Catamarca Province). Rev. Mus. Antropol. [online]. 2020, vol.13, n.2, pp.129-134. ISSN 1852-060X.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.31048/1852.4826.v13.n2.27240.

Abstract The skeletal remains found in a structure excavated at the El Molino site, a Late Period prehispanic settlement located in the Hualfín Valley, are analyzed. The finding was made in a sector closed by a stone wall -pirca-, within a structure of dwelling characteristics, and constitutes one of the few examples of human remains of an adult individual properly contextualized and registered in the region. Bioarchaeological studies allowed us to determine that it is a female individual between 45 and 50 years old, with the presence of degenerative alterations of the joints, wear and dental pathologies, frequents in farmer human groups. The isotopic analysis was consistent with a diet based on lowland camelids and processed plant resources, possibly corn. The burial was dated to the 15th century, and is coherent with the majority of the late dates obtained in the valley.

Keywords : Hualfín Valley; Paleodemographic Structure; Paleopathology; Isotopic Data; Andean Diet.

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