The study of mechanical stress in present and past societies: An approach from bone morphology and entheseal changes
The inference of activities in past societies is one of the great challenges of bioarchaeology. Since the beginning of the 20th century, interpretations of mechanical stress have been based on bone morphological traits. However, despite theoretical and methodological advances in their approach, thei...
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Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/runa/article/view/10738 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=runa&d=10738_oai |
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| Sumario: | The inference of activities in past societies is one of the great challenges of bioarchaeology. Since the beginning of the 20th century, interpretations of mechanical stress have been based on bone morphological traits. However, despite theoretical and methodological advances in their approach, their inferences have not been free of criticism. This paper aims to review the theoretical and methodological approaches to infer past activities from general bone morphology and entheseal changes in particular. This review is focused on medical and biological contributions to bioarchaeological studies, the changes in the approach to the subject, their criticisms and solutions. |
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