Artículo
Human cranium of candonga cave site and its implications for the initial peopling of South America
Fecha de publicación:
12/2019
Editorial:
E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung
Revista:
HOMO
ISSN:
0018-442X
Idioma:
Inglés
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Artículo publicado
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Resumen
The aim of this paper is to analyze the morphology of a skull from Candonga Cave (central Argentina), dating to the Pleistocene-Holocene transition, and to discuss its implications for the early peopling of South-America by Palaeoamerican and Amerindian populations. Although this cranium is fragmented, impeding the standard morphometric analysis, an alternative methodology ad hoc was implemented in order to obtain relevant information about the South American people origins. Results of measurements provide new information to reinforce the hypothesis that Paleoamerican crania possess similar morphological traits to those of current Fueguian populations, as previous studies have claimed, and to suggest that the cranium of Candonga has strong morphological affinities with Early Holocene specimens from Lagoa Santa (Brazil) and Late Holocene of Beagle Channel (Argentina), both belonging to Paleoamerican morphology.
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Articulos (IEH)
Articulos de INSTITUTO DE ESTUDIOS HISTORICOS
Articulos de INSTITUTO DE ESTUDIOS HISTORICOS
Citación
Rivero, Diego Eduardo; Cornero, Silvia Elena; Truyol, Gabriela Analía; Neves, Walter; Human cranium of candonga cave site and its implications for the initial peopling of South America; E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung; HOMO; 70; 4; 12-2019; 283-295
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