Nicole E Smith-Guzm ́an
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 627555 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Nicole E Smith-Guzm ́an |
| NOMBRES | Nicole E Smith-Guzm |
| APELLIDO | ́an |
| FIRMA | ́AN N E S |
| AFILIACIONES | Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3743-6188 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 32 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2015 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Exploring archaeological evidence for historic smallpox epidemics in the Americas
Insights into Late Ceramic Period lived experiences in Greater Coclé via human burials at Operation 5, Cerro Juan Díaz, Panamá
Aproximación isotópica a las prácticas de lactancia y destete en tres sitios prehispánicos de Panamá
Research on breastfeeding and weaning practices has great potential in bioarchaeology, as it not only enables the analysis of cross-cultural diversity in these childrearing practices among different populations but also provides insights into how various factors-such as biological, sociocultural, environmental, demographic, and economic-affect these processes. This work represents the first study on infant feeding in pre-Hispanic populations of P…
Cambios Temporales en La Prevalencia De La Exostosis Del Oído Externo en Panamá Precolombino
La exostosis del oído externo, un crecimiento anormal del hueso timpánico ocasionada por la exposiciÃ3n del Ã3rgano al agua y vientos con baja temperatura, ha sido reportada en individuos prehispánicos enterrados cerca del Golfo de Panamá, donde el afloramiento costero estacional crea las condiciones ideales para su desarrollo, aun en un clima tropical. En este estudio, se analizaron macroscÃ3picamente huesos temporales de 135 esqueletos humanos …
A paleoepidemiological approach to the challenging differential diagnosis of an isolated 1500-year-old anomalous molar from Panamá
This study seeks to quantify the presence and prevalence of specific genetic and infectious diseases in the pre-Colombian Panamanian population and uses these data to consider the plausibility of these diseases as causative factors in the development of an abnormal supernumerary cusp morphology in a 1500-year-old isolated molar recovered from Cerro Juan Díaz (Los Santos, Panama). 267 individuals from pre-Columbian sites throughout Panama. The ano…
Patterns of Disease and Culture in Ancient Panama
Cerro Juan Díaz (LS-3) is a large archaeological site located in the coastal lowlands of central Pacific Panama that comprised a pre-Columbian village (200 B.C.–A.D. 1520). A multiyear field campaign (1992–2001) uncovered numerous human burials of diverse antiquity, integrity, complexity, and mortuary goods. This paper considers several aspects of the demography, diet, health, and cultural practices of the earliest mortuary population yet found a…
An isthmus of isolation
OBJECTIVE: This study considers the evidence for elevated frequencies of "rare" diseases in ancient Panama. Indications of population isolation by multidisciplinary sources allow for the possibility that rare inherited conditions may have been maintained at relatively high prevalences in the region due to gene flow restriction. MATERIALS: A sample of 267 skeletal human remains with diverse demographical characteristics from Pre-Columbian archaeol…
A preliminary multi-isotope assessment of human mobility and diet in pre-Columbian Panama
This study uses carbon (δ13C), nitrogen (δ15N), oxygen (δ18O), and strontium (87Sr/86Sr) isotopes to infer the diets and mobility patterns of pre-Columbian humans from seven archaeological sites in Panama: Cerro Mangote, Sitio Sierra, and Cerro Juan Díaz in central Pacific Panama; Cerro Brujo and Sitio Drago along Panama’s northwest Caribbean coast; Jicarita Island in the Gulf of Chiriquí; and Pedro González Island in the Gulf of Panama. Our init…
Intentional dental modification in Panamá
Intentional dental modification is a widespread practice in both ancient and modern populations. In Panama, the modern practice is restricted to the Ngäbe indigenous people inhabiting the western provinces. Several researchers have posited that Ngäbe dental modification evidences cultural transfer of African origin due to the absence of post-contact records of this practice in the region, and based on the chipping technique used to create a point…
Cold‐water diving in the tropics? External auditory exostoses among the pre‐Columbian inhabitants of Panama
OBJECTIVES: The appearance of external auditory exostoses archaeologically has been attributed to aquatic activities in middle latitudes. However, recent clinical research implicates low sea surface temperatures, especially below a threshold of 19°C, as a stronger predictor of ear exostosis development than latitude. Here, we examine the frequency of external auditory exostoses in human remains from nine pre-Columbian archaeological sites in Pana…
Response to Todd and Graham's “Letter to the editor concerning external auditory bony growths in pre‐Columbian inhabitants of Panama”
A probable primary malignant bone tumor in a pre-Columbian human humerus from Cerro Brujo, Bocas del Toro, Panamá
Interpersonal Violence at Playa Venado, Panama (550-850 Ad)
Many Spanish chroniclers detail violent cultural practices of the indigenous populations they encountered in the Isthmo-Colombian Area; however, lack of physical evidence of interpersonal violence from archaeological contexts has made uncertain the veracity of these claims. At the precolumbian site of Playa Venado in Panama, these accounts of violent mortuary rituals may have influenced the interpretation of the burials encountered in excavations…
Cribra orbitalia in the ancient Nile Valley and its connection to malaria
The skeletal manifestation of malaria
OBJECTIVES: Recent studies in paleopathology have shown promise in associating some skeletal lesions with malarial infection. However, malaria's skeletal manifestation has never been confirmed using a large clinical reference sample from an endemic area for malaria with known individual causes of death. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To pinpoint evidence of malaria infection on ancient skeletal remains, this study uses an epidemiological approach to comp…
The skeletal manifestation of malaria
OBJECTIVES: Recent studies in paleopathology have shown promise in associating some skeletal lesions with malarial infection. However, malaria's skeletal manifestation has never been confirmed using a large clinical reference sample from an endemic area for malaria with known individual causes of death. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To pinpoint evidence of malaria infection on ancient skeletal remains, this study uses an epidemiological approach to comp…
A preliminary multi-isotope assessment of human mobility and diet in pre-Columbian Panama
This study uses carbon (δ13C), nitrogen (δ15N), oxygen (δ18O), and strontium (87Sr/86Sr) isotopes to infer the diets and mobility patterns of pre-Columbian humans from seven archaeological sites in Panama: Cerro Mangote, Sitio Sierra, and Cerro Juan Díaz in central Pacific Panama; Cerro Brujo and Sitio Drago along Panama’s northwest Caribbean coast; Jicarita Island in the Gulf of Chiriquí; and Pedro González Island in the Gulf of Panama. Our init…
Intentional dental modification in Panamá
Intentional dental modification is a widespread practice in both ancient and modern populations. In Panama, the modern practice is restricted to the Ngäbe indigenous people inhabiting the western provinces. Several researchers have posited that Ngäbe dental modification evidences cultural transfer of African origin due to the absence of post-contact records of this practice in the region, and based on the chipping technique used to create a point…
Cold‐water diving in the tropics? External auditory exostoses among the pre‐Columbian inhabitants of Panama
OBJECTIVES: The appearance of external auditory exostoses archaeologically has been attributed to aquatic activities in middle latitudes. However, recent clinical research implicates low sea surface temperatures, especially below a threshold of 19°C, as a stronger predictor of ear exostosis development than latitude. Here, we examine the frequency of external auditory exostoses in human remains from nine pre-Columbian archaeological sites in Pana…
Interpersonal Violence at Playa Venado, Panama (550-850 Ad)
Many Spanish chroniclers detail violent cultural practices of the indigenous populations they encountered in the Isthmo-Colombian Area; however, lack of physical evidence of interpersonal violence from archaeological contexts has made uncertain the veracity of these claims. At the precolumbian site of Playa Venado in Panama, these accounts of violent mortuary rituals may have influenced the interpretation of the burials encountered in excavations…
Cambios Temporales en La Prevalencia De La Exostosis Del Oído Externo en Panamá Precolombino
La exostosis del oído externo, un crecimiento anormal del hueso timpánico ocasionada por la exposiciÃ3n del Ã3rgano al agua y vientos con baja temperatura, ha sido reportada en individuos prehispánicos enterrados cerca del Golfo de Panamá, donde el afloramiento costero estacional crea las condiciones ideales para su desarrollo, aun en un clima tropical. En este estudio, se analizaron macroscÃ3picamente huesos temporales de 135 esqueletos humanos …
Aproximación isotópica a las prácticas de lactancia y destete en tres sitios prehispánicos de Panamá
Research on breastfeeding and weaning practices has great potential in bioarchaeology, as it not only enables the analysis of cross-cultural diversity in these childrearing practices among different populations but also provides insights into how various factors-such as biological, sociocultural, environmental, demographic, and economic-affect these processes. This work represents the first study on infant feeding in pre-Hispanic populations of P…
Cribra orbitalia in the ancient Nile Valley and its connection to malaria
The skeletal manifestation of malaria
OBJECTIVES: Recent studies in paleopathology have shown promise in associating some skeletal lesions with malarial infection. However, malaria's skeletal manifestation has never been confirmed using a large clinical reference sample from an endemic area for malaria with known individual causes of death. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To pinpoint evidence of malaria infection on ancient skeletal remains, this study uses an epidemiological approach to comp…
A probable primary malignant bone tumor in a pre-Columbian human humerus from Cerro Brujo, Bocas del Toro, Panamá
Interpersonal Violence at Playa Venado, Panama (550-850 Ad)
Many Spanish chroniclers detail violent cultural practices of the indigenous populations they encountered in the Isthmo-Colombian Area; however, lack of physical evidence of interpersonal violence from archaeological contexts has made uncertain the veracity of these claims. At the precolumbian site of Playa Venado in Panama, these accounts of violent mortuary rituals may have influenced the interpretation of the burials encountered in excavations…
Cold‐water diving in the tropics? External auditory exostoses among the pre‐Columbian inhabitants of Panama
OBJECTIVES: The appearance of external auditory exostoses archaeologically has been attributed to aquatic activities in middle latitudes. However, recent clinical research implicates low sea surface temperatures, especially below a threshold of 19°C, as a stronger predictor of ear exostosis development than latitude. Here, we examine the frequency of external auditory exostoses in human remains from nine pre-Columbian archaeological sites in Pana…
Response to Todd and Graham's “Letter to the editor concerning external auditory bony growths in pre‐Columbian inhabitants of Panama”
Intentional dental modification in Panamá
Intentional dental modification is a widespread practice in both ancient and modern populations. In Panama, the modern practice is restricted to the Ngäbe indigenous people inhabiting the western provinces. Several researchers have posited that Ngäbe dental modification evidences cultural transfer of African origin due to the absence of post-contact records of this practice in the region, and based on the chipping technique used to create a point…
Patterns of Disease and Culture in Ancient Panama
Cerro Juan Díaz (LS-3) is a large archaeological site located in the coastal lowlands of central Pacific Panama that comprised a pre-Columbian village (200 B.C.–A.D. 1520). A multiyear field campaign (1992–2001) uncovered numerous human burials of diverse antiquity, integrity, complexity, and mortuary goods. This paper considers several aspects of the demography, diet, health, and cultural practices of the earliest mortuary population yet found a…
An isthmus of isolation
OBJECTIVE: This study considers the evidence for elevated frequencies of "rare" diseases in ancient Panama. Indications of population isolation by multidisciplinary sources allow for the possibility that rare inherited conditions may have been maintained at relatively high prevalences in the region due to gene flow restriction. MATERIALS: A sample of 267 skeletal human remains with diverse demographical characteristics from Pre-Columbian archaeol…
A preliminary multi-isotope assessment of human mobility and diet in pre-Columbian Panama
This study uses carbon (δ13C), nitrogen (δ15N), oxygen (δ18O), and strontium (87Sr/86Sr) isotopes to infer the diets and mobility patterns of pre-Columbian humans from seven archaeological sites in Panama: Cerro Mangote, Sitio Sierra, and Cerro Juan Díaz in central Pacific Panama; Cerro Brujo and Sitio Drago along Panama’s northwest Caribbean coast; Jicarita Island in the Gulf of Chiriquí; and Pedro González Island in the Gulf of Panama. Our init…
A paleoepidemiological approach to the challenging differential diagnosis of an isolated 1500-year-old anomalous molar from Panamá
This study seeks to quantify the presence and prevalence of specific genetic and infectious diseases in the pre-Colombian Panamanian population and uses these data to consider the plausibility of these diseases as causative factors in the development of an abnormal supernumerary cusp morphology in a 1500-year-old isolated molar recovered from Cerro Juan Díaz (Los Santos, Panama). 267 individuals from pre-Columbian sites throughout Panama. The ano…
Cambios Temporales en La Prevalencia De La Exostosis Del Oído Externo en Panamá Precolombino
La exostosis del oído externo, un crecimiento anormal del hueso timpánico ocasionada por la exposiciÃ3n del Ã3rgano al agua y vientos con baja temperatura, ha sido reportada en individuos prehispánicos enterrados cerca del Golfo de Panamá, donde el afloramiento costero estacional crea las condiciones ideales para su desarrollo, aun en un clima tropical. En este estudio, se analizaron macroscÃ3picamente huesos temporales de 135 esqueletos humanos …
Aproximación isotópica a las prácticas de lactancia y destete en tres sitios prehispánicos de Panamá
Research on breastfeeding and weaning practices has great potential in bioarchaeology, as it not only enables the analysis of cross-cultural diversity in these childrearing practices among different populations but also provides insights into how various factors-such as biological, sociocultural, environmental, demographic, and economic-affect these processes. This work represents the first study on infant feeding in pre-Hispanic populations of P…
Exploring archaeological evidence for historic smallpox epidemics in the Americas
Insights into Late Ceramic Period lived experiences in Greater Coclé via human burials at Operation 5, Cerro Juan Díaz, Panamá
Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (10 obras) · Geography (8 obras) · Biology (7 obras) · Archaeology (6 obras) · Ecology (6 obras) · Medicine (6 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 obras) · Panama (5 obras) · Anatomy (4 obras) · Forensic and Genetic Research (4 obras)