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OSTEOARTHROSIS IN HUNTER-GATHERERS OF CENTRAL-SOUTHERN PATAGONIA (SANTA CRUZ, ARGENTINA) DURING THE LATE HOLOCENE: AN APPROXIMATION TO THE ACTIVITY PATTERNS
OSTEOARTHROSIS IN HUNTER-GATHERERS OF CENTRAL-SOUTHERN PATAGONIA (SANTA CRUZ, ARGENTINA) DURING THE LATE HOLOCENE: AN APPROXIMATION TO THE ACTIVITY PATTERNS
Milena Constanza Morlesín y Solana García Guraieb
Osteoarthrosis (OA), a condition caused, among many other factors, by repeated physical activity, is the most commonly found pathological bone modification in human skeletal remains. Accordingly, it has been frequently studied from a bioarchaeological perspective, in order to identify the patterns of activity of populations that preceded us. This study aims to analyze the bone modifications in the spine and the appendicular joints of 14 adult individuals of both sexes from the Late Holocene found in the Salitroso Lake basin (Santa Cruz, Argentina). The objectives are (a) to evaluate the paleoepidemiology patterns and its relationship with other arthropathies (e.g. Schmorl’s nodes); and (b) to explore the connection between OA variation patterns and aspects such as sex and age. This information will contribute to the knowledge of human behavior regarding body use and performed activities within the context of the climatic shifts and organizational changes that affected this population during the late Holocene. The data reveal that, with few differences between sexes, all the individuals exhibit OA and that the prevalence of OA is higher in older individuals and in those whose chronology is between ca. 800 and 350 years BP.
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AN INCA “EPIC HYMN” IN A COLONIAL QUERO: PRESENTATION AND PRELIMINARY STUDY
UN “CANTAR DE GESTA” INCA EN UN QUERO COLONIAL: PRESENTACIÓN Y ESTUDIO PRELIMINAR
Mariusz Ziółkowski and Sylwia Siemianowska
The existence of an Inca tradition of narrative pictorial representations, acting as historical records, has been substantiated by both a group of works of art, very probably of pre-Hispanic origin, and written sources. Clearly, the best known reference to “historical paintings” of the Incas is that regarding the famous, today dissapeared “tables of Poquen Cancha,” which existed and were consulted until mid-1560s at least. It has been postulated that, during the Colonial period, part of these “historical paintings” may have been copied on different types of media, such as canvases and queros. In this article, the authors analyze the scene of an armed conflict represented in a quero, unusual in terms of its complexity and richness of detail, and put forth the hypothesis that it may be the representation of the conflict between the Incas and the Chancas.
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