Nasal fracture and interpersonal violence in continental Southern Patagonia during the Late Holocene
Nasal fracture is the most common type of facial fracture in modern populations, and is usually related to interpersonal violence. Nevertheless, this type of injury has been scarcely studied in bioanthropological field contexts. In this study, we characterized and discussed the oldest known Southern...
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| Formato: | Articulo Comunicacion |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2024
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| Acceso en línea: | http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/168144 |
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| Sumario: | Nasal fracture is the most common type of facial fracture in modern populations, and is usually related to interpersonal violence. Nevertheless, this type of injury has been scarcely studied in bioanthropological field contexts. In this study, we characterized and discussed the oldest known Southern Patagonia individual presenting nasal fracture, among other lesions, most probably resulting from interpersonal violence. The nasal fossae and other skull bones from individual 2 from Orejas de Burro 1 site, dated to the Late Holocene, were reanalysed in order to study nasal fractures using a recent method developed by Magalhães et al. (2020). Orejas de Burro 1-2- presented nine fractures, four of them in the nasal area and showing different timing: one postmortem, two perimortem, and one antemortem. The other facial lesions were four diastatic fractures and one in the fragile septum. The individual presented a high-energy injury resulting in intense bone disruption and displacement of nasal and facial bones produced by a lateral blow, which may be related to an episode of interpersonal violence.
While some likely causes are regionally known, it is extremely difficult to assess the cause of the injury and the blunt object associated with this episode, since this presents a situation of equifinality. This is one of the oldest cases in South America. It is also one of the first cases showing evidence of traumatic injury, possibly due to an episode of interpersonal violence. |
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