Seeking for regional osteological standards Prof. Rómulo Lambre Collection (School of Medicine, University of La Plata)

GARCÍA MANCUSO, ROCÍO; DESÁNTOLO, BÁRBARA; PLISCHUK, MARCOS; COSTI, DAVID; GARCÍA, MARCELA; PAGGI, RICARDO; MALIANDI, NYDIA; PRAT, GILLERMO; SALCEDA, SUSANA; ERRECALDE, ANA LÍA; INDA, ANA MARÍA

La Plata

Congreso; VIII Congreso de la Sociedad de Ciencias Morfológicas de La Plata; 2006

Sociedad de Ciencias Morfológicas de La Plata

We  propose  to  communicate  the  first  steps  in  the  development  of  the  project  called  ?Macro  and microscopic analysis  of human  skeletal remains.  Contributions to  forensic and  anthropologic research?, that  has been  accredited  by  the  School  of  Medicine.  Its  general  objective  is  the  generation  of  a  contemporary, regional  and  documented  osteological  collection  that  constitutes  it  self  as  a  referent  to  research,  teaching and  transference  to  community.  To  make  this  project  real,  a  multidisciplinary  team  of  members  from School  of  Medicine  and  School  of  Natural  Sciences  and  Museum  of  the  University  of  La  Plata  was conformed. The human remains to be studied are provided by the La Plata County Cemetery in the frame of an agreement signed by this institution and the University of La Plata, and the resolution signed by the above  mentioned  Schools.  The  sample  is  composed  of  300  individuals  (adults  and subadults),  with records of  age, sex  and cause  of death,  with a  burial antiquity  not less  than seven  years. In  all cases  the bodies  had  not  been  claimed  and  were  destined  to  common  ossuary.  Considering  the  long  term,  the project  aims  to  generate  a  representative  regional  database  that  could  be  used  as  control  in  comparative analysis  and  could  serve  to  gain  precision  in  the  age  and  sex  estimation  of  not-  documented  skeletal remains from archaeological and forensic contexts.