Show simple item record

Early Human Holocene Remains from the Argentinean Pampa: Additional Evidence for Distinctive Cranial Morphology of Early South Americans.

dc.creatorPucciarelli, Hector Mario
dc.creatorPerez, Sergio Ivan
dc.creatorPolitis, Gustavo Gabriel
dc.date2010-09
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/149491
dc.identifierPucciarelli, Hector Mario; Perez, Sergio Ivan; Politis, Gustavo Gabriel; Early Human Holocene Remains from the Argentinean Pampa: Additional Evidence for Distinctive Cranial Morphology of Early South Americans.; Wiley-liss, div John Wiley & Sons Inc.; American Journal Of Physical Anthropology; 143; 2; 9-2010; 298-305
dc.identifier0002-9483
dc.identifierCONICET Digital
dc.identifierCONICET
dc.descriptionThe cranial morphology of Early Holocene American human samples is characterized by a long and narrow cranial vault, whereas more recent samples exhibit a shorter and wider cranial vault. Two hypotheses have been proposed to account for the morphological differences between early and late-American samples: (a) the migratory hypothesis that suggests that the morphological variation between early and late American samples was the result of a variable number of migratory waves; and (b) the local diversification hypothesis, that is, the morphological differences between early and late American samples were mainly generated by local, random (genetic drift), and nonrandom factors (selection and phenotypic plasticity). We present the first craniometric study of three early skulls from the Argentinean Pampas, dated ∼8,000 cal. years BP (Arroyo Seco 2, Chocorí, and La Tigra), and one associated with megafaunal remains (Fontezuelas skull). In addition, we studied several Late Holocene samples. We show that the skulls from the Argentinean Pampas are morphologically similar to other Early Holocene American skulls (i.e., Lagoa Santa from Brazil, Tequendama, Checua, and Aguazuque from Colombia, Lauricocha from Peru, and early Mexicans) that exhibit long and narrow cranial vaults. These samples differ from the Late Holocene American samples that exhibit a shorter and wider cranial vault. Our results underscore the important differences in cranial morphology between early and late-American samples. However, we emphasize the need for further studies to discuss alternative hypotheses regarding such differences.
dc.descriptionFil: Pucciarelli, Hector Mario. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Antropología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Perez, Sergio Ivan. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Antropología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Politis, Gustavo Gabriel. 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.formatapplication/pdf
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherWiley-liss, div John Wiley & Sons Inc.
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.21347
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1002/ajpa.21347
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
dc.subjectEARLY AMERICAN SKULLS
dc.subjectHUMAN CRANIA
dc.subjectSOUTHERN-AMERICAS PEOPLING
dc.subjecthttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
dc.subjecthttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.titleEarly Human Holocene Remains from the Argentinean Pampa: Additional Evidence for Distinctive Cranial Morphology of Early South Americans.
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


Files in this item

FilesSizeFormatView

There are no files associated with this item.

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

  • INCUAPA
    Contiene metadatos de artículos publicados en el repositorio CONICET DIGITAL. Unidad Ejecutora: Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Paleontológicas del Cuaternario Pampeano (INCUAPA))

Show simple item record