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Does the shape make a difference? Evaluating the ethnic role of cranial modification in the Pampa-Patagonia region (Argentina) during the late Holocene

dc.creatorSerna, Alejandro
dc.creatorPrates, Luciano Raúl
dc.creatorFlensborg, Gustavo Ariel
dc.creatorGustavo, Martínez
dc.creatorFavier Dubois, Cristian Mario
dc.creatorPerez, Sergio Ivan
dc.date2019-06
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-06T18:33:14Z
dc.date.available2021-04-06T18:33:14Z
dc.identifierSerna, Alejandro; Prates, Luciano Raúl; Flensborg, Gustavo Ariel; Gustavo, Martínez; Favier Dubois, Cristian Mario; et al.; Does the shape make a difference? Evaluating the ethnic role of cranial modification in the Pampa-Patagonia region (Argentina) during the late Holocene; Springer Verlag Berlín; Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences; 11; 6; 6-2019; 2597-2610
dc.identifier1866-9557
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/111807
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dc.descriptionThe Pampa-Patagonia region in Argentina has been characterized as an ethnically complex territory during the late Holocene. This region presents a high frequency of human burials and, although several papers have focused on the study of cranial vault modification, none of them have discussed systematically the ethnic role of this practice. In this study, we assess the role of cranial modification as a potential expression of ethnic identity among hunter-gatherer groups from northeastern Patagonia and southeastern Pampas during the late Holocene. In order to define morphological groups and to recognize spatio-temporal patterns, we applied 2D landmark-based morphometric methods and multivariate statistical techniques on 216 adult male and female crania, which were grouped into three geographic units. The results of this paper do not support the idea of cranial modification as an ethnic marker within the region, as the different modifications follow a temporal sequence and are present in the entire study area. Also, our results show that the groups of cranial modification are different from each other, and they show variability among the geographic units. The reasons behind the change between cranial modification groups remain unclear, but it coincides approximately with some technological and symbolic changes in the material record. Variability within groups is understood as the result of a non-standardized practice and the existence of local ways of doing among the hunter-gatherer of the study region. As we see in shared art motives and decorative patterns, cranial modification would have represented another correlate of a macro-regional visual communication system that worked during the late Holocene in Pampa-Patagonia.
dc.descriptionFil: Serna, Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Arqueología; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Prates, Luciano Raúl. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Arqueología; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Flensborg, Gustavo Ariel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Paleontológicas del Cuaternario Pampeano. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Paleontológicas del Cuaternario Pampeano; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Gustavo, Martínez. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Paleontológicas del Cuaternario Pampeano. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Paleontológicas del Cuaternario Pampeano; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Favier Dubois, Cristian Mario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Paleontológicas del Cuaternario Pampeano. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Paleontológicas del Cuaternario Pampeano; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Perez, Sergio Ivan. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Cienicas Naturales y Museo. División Antropología; Argentina
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSpringer Verlag Berlín
dc.relationCorregido en https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3834-2
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12520-018-0687-6
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s12520-018-0687-6
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dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
dc.subjectCRANIAL VAULT MODIFICATION
dc.subjectETHNIC DIFFERENTIATION
dc.subjectGEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC
dc.subjectHUNTER-GATHERERS
dc.subjectPAMPA-PATAGONIA REGION
dc.subjectArqueología
dc.subjectHistoria y Arqueología
dc.subjectHUMANIDADES
dc.titleDoes the shape make a difference? Evaluating the ethnic role of cranial modification in the Pampa-Patagonia region (Argentina) during the late Holocene
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