Evidence of Interpersonal Violence During the Late Formative in Quebrada del Toro (Salta, Argentina)
This paper presents the results of the bioarchaeological study and the burial context of an adult male individual L2, found at the Tres Cruces I site, and estimated to have lived during the second half of the first millennium AD. From an osteobiographical approach, which emphasizes the pathologies o...
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Centro de Estudios Históricos. UA CONICET
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/comechingonia/article/view/37882 |
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| Sumario: | This paper presents the results of the bioarchaeological study and the burial context of an adult male individual L2, found at the Tres Cruces I site, and estimated to have lived during the second half of the first millennium AD. From an osteobiographical approach, which emphasizes the pathologies observed and the social environment, it seeks to know some aspects of their life trajectory, and from it, discuss aspects related to the use of the body, about care, and the causes of death and violence in the past. The most outstanding injuries found were two traumas, a direct fracture due to depression without penetration in the left parietal bone and a direct trauma due to perforation including a projectile point in the 4th lumbar vertebra. According to the characteristics of both lesions, they were classified as pre and perimortem, respectively. We conclude that individual L2 was exposed to repeated episodes of interpersonal violence; however, the information available to date does not allow us to suggest with certainty the existence of a generalized situation of intergroup conflict or intragroup social tension. |
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