Abstract

New contributions to southern Gran Chaco bioarchaeology (Argentina). Rev. Mus. Antropol. [online]. 2018, vol.11, n.2, pp.101-108. ISSN 1852-060X.

The most recent bioanthropological investigations conducted in the Southern Gran Chaco contribute to revert the lack of knowledge that characterized the prehispanic human populations of those latitudes. On this occasion, the results of the analysis of the human remains exhumed in the ¨El Pelícano¨ archaeological site (SChaGüe 2.0), which is in connection with a lagoon that forms part of the meanders of the old course of the Bermejo River (Argentina), are presented. The radiocarbon dating of the remains involved established an age of 410±40 years 14C AP (LP3165). It was possible to confirm the presence of two adult individuals, male and female with heights of 166.43cm - 172.97cm and 152.88cm - 160.32cm, respectively. From the paleopathological analysis, indicators of metabolic and occupational stress were ruled out; however, signs of periodontitis, caries, granuloma and pronounced wear were detected evidencing the consumption of foods with abrasive characteristics. These results allow us to introduce new information in a region practically unexplored in archaeological terms and contribute to the discussion of archaeological ethnographic continuity and change of the South American Lowlands.

Keywords : Human Skeletal Remains; Paleopathology; Late Holocene; South American Gran Chaco.

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