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Interdisciplinary identification of the skeletal remains of Catherine Roberts-Davies, The first Welsh settler death in Patagonia, Argentina in 1865

dc.creatorDahinten, Silvia Lucrecia V.
dc.creatorGomez Otero, Julieta
dc.creatorSuby, Jorge Alejandro
dc.creatorCoronato, Fernando Raul
dc.creatorVullo, Carlos
dc.date2020-03
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-15T01:55:45Z
dc.date.available2022-04-15T01:55:45Z
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/139416
dc.identifierDahinten, Silvia Lucrecia V.; Gomez Otero, Julieta; Suby, Jorge Alejandro; Coronato, Fernando Raul; Vullo, Carlos; Interdisciplinary identification of the skeletal remains of Catherine Roberts-Davies, The first Welsh settler death in Patagonia, Argentina in 1865; John Wiley and Sons Ltd; International Journal of Osteoarchaeology; 30; 2; 3-2020; 236-244
dc.identifier1047-482X
dc.identifier1099-1212
dc.identifierCONICET Digital
dc.identifierCONICET
dc.identifier.urihttp://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/139416
dc.descriptionIn 1995, an almost complete human skeleton was found in Punta Cuevas, in the southern coast of Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina. The burial traits and the associated objects suggested the skeleton might belong to Mrs. Catherine Roberts-Davies, a middle-aged woman who was the first dead person among the first group of 163 Welsh settlers that set sail on May 28, 1865, from Liverpool to Bahía Nueva, in Argentinian Patagonia. The aim of this paper is to present the interdisciplinary studies conducted between 1995 and 2016 in order to identify these remains and to explore the possible causes of death. The age at death of the skeleton was estimated between 25 and 40 years old and sexed as female. The analyses of mtDNA haplogroup resulted in K2a, which is highly frequent in European populations. An ascendant maternal genealogy of Mrs. Roberts-Davies was reconstructed, based on documentary sources. After this genealogical research, a living descendant, who currently lives in Wales, was found. An mtDNA analysis of control region 16024-576 was compared among samples taken from the unknown skeleton and the descendant. The results confirmed that the skeleton found in Punta Cuevas belongs to Mrs. Catherine Roberts-Davies. With respect to the cause of death, according to two historical medical reports, Mrs. Roberts-Davies died from “black fever” (i.e., visceral leishmaniasis) or scurvy. Skeletal evidence suggests that she could have suffered from scurvy as a consequence of the harsh conditions of living during the trip from Liverpool and the first days after the arrival to Patagonia.
dc.descriptionFil: Dahinten, Silvia Lucrecia V.. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia "San Juan Bosco"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Instituto de Diversidad y Evolución Austral; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Gomez Otero, Julieta. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia "San Juan Bosco"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Instituto de Diversidad y Evolución Austral; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Suby, Jorge Alejandro. 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: Coronato, Fernando Raul. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Instituto Patagónico para el Estudio de los Ecosistemas Continentales; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Vullo, Carlos. Equipo Argentino de Antropología Forense; Argentina
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/oa.2851
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/ 10.1002/oa.2851
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dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
dc.subjectCATHERINE ROBERTS-DAVIES
dc.subjectHUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS
dc.subjectPALAEOPATHOLOGY
dc.subjectPATAGONIA
dc.subjectSCURVY
dc.subjectWELSH SETTLEMENT
dc.subjecthttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
dc.subjecthttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.subjecthttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
dc.subjecthttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.titleInterdisciplinary identification of the skeletal remains of Catherine Roberts-Davies, The first Welsh settler death in Patagonia, Argentina in 1865
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