Human skeletal remains from the Pacopampa site in the northern highlands of Peru

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ID6135380
AutoresTomohito Nagaoka (0000-0001-8802-9593, Department of Anatomy, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki), Yuji Seki (0000-0002-3490-4935, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka), Juan Pablo Villaueva (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima), Walter Tosso Morales (Museo Amano, Lima), Kinya Inokuchi (Saitama Unviersity, Saitama), Mauro Ordóñes Livia (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima), Diana Alemán Paredes (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima), Daniel Morales Chocano (0000-0002-1620-9074, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima)
Ano2009
Volume117
Fascículo3
Páginas137-146
Data de publicação2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAnthropological Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0918-7960 • E-ISSN: 1348-8570
EditoraAnthropological Society of Nippon (PUBLISHER • JP)
DOI10.1537/ase.090108
OpenAlexW2169114228
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas25

The Pacopampa site, located in the northern highlands of Peru, is an archeological site belonging to the Formative Period (2500 BC–0 AD). The purposes of this study are to observe and describe the human skeletal remains from the Pacopampa site, to estimate the sex and age-at-death of each individual, and finally to diagnose morphological traits and skeletal disorders. The materials used here are 498 human skeleton parts. The sample comprises at least 18 individuals: eight subadult skeletons, eight adult skeletons, one skeleton aged 10–39 years, and one of unknown age. The age distribution (six of eight subadults were less than one year) suggests a high proportion of infants in the population. The sexual ratio of three adult males to four adult females indicates a skeletal population with hardly any sexual bias. A paleopathological examination revealed that the percentage of permanent teeth affected by dental caries was 9% (18/192). Two elderly females exhibit periodontal disease in both the maxillae and mandibles. This is the first study to examine the lives and deaths of a Formative Period population from the perspective of bioarcheology

Archaeology · Biology · Dentition · Geography · Human skeleton · Old World · Paleopathology · Population · Sexual difference · Skeleton (computer programming · Zoology · Demography · Dentistry · Forensic and Genetic Research · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Medicine · Paleopathology and ancient diseases · Anatomy