Bone pathologies in a modern collection of guanaco (Lama guanicoe): Contributions to the interpretation of bone lesions in archeological contexts

Research on animal paleopathology has significantly grown in the field of zooarchaeology during the last years. Usually bone lesions have been associated to specific activities carried out by animals. However, the etiology and prevalence of many bone abnormalities are still uncertain due to the scar...

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Autores principales:	Flensborg, Gustavo Ariel, Kaufmann, Cristian Ariel
Formato:	Artículo publishedVersion
Lenguaje:	Inglés
Publicado:	Elsevier 2012
Materias:	BONE PATHOLOGY GUANACO SOUTH AMERICA CAMELIDS ZOOARCHAEOLOGY https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
Acceso en línea:	http://hdl.handle.net/11336/135384 http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/135384
Aporte de:	Suquía - Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba (IDACOR, CONICET y UNC) de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

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topic	BONE PATHOLOGY GUANACO SOUTH AMERICA CAMELIDS ZOOARCHAEOLOGY https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
spellingShingle	BONE PATHOLOGY GUANACO SOUTH AMERICA CAMELIDS ZOOARCHAEOLOGY https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6 Flensborg, Gustavo Ariel Kaufmann, Cristian Ariel Bone pathologies in a modern collection of guanaco (Lama guanicoe): Contributions to the interpretation of bone lesions in archeological contexts
topic_facet	BONE PATHOLOGY GUANACO SOUTH AMERICA CAMELIDS ZOOARCHAEOLOGY https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
description	Research on animal paleopathology has significantly grown in the field of zooarchaeology during the last years. Usually bone lesions have been associated to specific activities carried out by animals. However, the etiology and prevalence of many bone abnormalities are still uncertain due to the scarcity of studies in modern reference collections. The aim of this study is to determine the postcranial skeletal lesions that characterize a population of wild camelids and to differentiate bone lesions related to human management of camelids. For this purpose, we analyze the health status of a modern collection of guanaco by recording a series of indicators and its manifestation in different anatomical units. The osteological sample comprises 54 guanacos from Cinco Chañares, San Antonio department, Rio Negro province, Argentina. The frequency of lesions by anatomical unit, sex, and age were studied in order to generate parameters for comparison with other samples of contemporary camelids and with zooarchaeological record. The analyzed sample is characterized by infectious, traumatic, degenerative and congenital abnormalities in low prevalence. The most common pathologies were degenerative origin. These were significantly more frequent among senile adults, and were differentiated of the ones registered among domestic camelids.
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author	Flensborg, Gustavo Ariel Kaufmann, Cristian Ariel
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title	Bone pathologies in a modern collection of guanaco (Lama guanicoe): Contributions to the interpretation of bone lesions in archeological contexts
title_short	Bone pathologies in a modern collection of guanaco (Lama guanicoe): Contributions to the interpretation of bone lesions in archeological contexts
title_full	Bone pathologies in a modern collection of guanaco (Lama guanicoe): Contributions to the interpretation of bone lesions in archeological contexts
title_fullStr	Bone pathologies in a modern collection of guanaco (Lama guanicoe): Contributions to the interpretation of bone lesions in archeological contexts
title_full_unstemmed	Bone pathologies in a modern collection of guanaco (Lama guanicoe): Contributions to the interpretation of bone lesions in archeological contexts
title_sort	bone pathologies in a modern collection of guanaco (lama guanicoe): contributions to the interpretation of bone lesions in archeological contexts
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2012
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Bone pathologies in a modern collection of guanaco (Lama guanicoe): Contributions to the interpretation of bone lesions in archeological contexts

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