Development and achievements in Paleopathology in Argentina

CLAUDIA ARANDA; INÉS BAFFI; MARIANA FABRA; GUSTAVO FLENSBORG; SOLANA GARCÍA GURAIEB; SOLEDAD GHEGGI; FLORENCIA GORDÓN; RICARDO GUICHÓN; LEANDRO LUNA; PAULA NOVELLINO; MARCOS PLISCHUK; PAOLA PONCE; CLARA SCABUZZO; VERÓNICA SELDES; JORGE SUBY

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Congreso; PAMINSA III. Third Paleopathology Meeting in South America.; 2009

Laboratorio de Ecología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, UNICEN /Paleopathology Association

The objective of this paper is to present a synthesis of some of the research projects thatare currently being developed in Argentina related to issues in palaeopathology. It will also makereference to those projects being undertaken by academics working outside Argentina. Theterritory of Argentina occupies approximately two million eight hundred thousand squarekilometres of the southernmost continental area of South America. There is evidence of humanoccupation in Argentina from at least 13,000 years BP. For this presentation, current projectstaking place in six different regions of the country will be considered (North-west, North-east,Central region, Cuyo, the Pampas and Patagonian regions). In each particular case, this paperwill make reference to the objectives, hypotheses, materials and methods, results, perspectivesand funding. In the majority of the cases the research is taken place within a framework ofarchaeological projects, paying attention to a variety of topics including hunter-gatherers andagriculturalist groups. Likewise, a number of valuable studies are being carried out with samplesbelonging to contemporaneous osteological assemblages. Starting from the results obtained todate, the aim is to contribute information to give a step forward in the incorporation of ourcountry into the worldwide scene of palaeopathology research.