INVESTIGADORES
VARELA Hector Hugo
artículos
Título:
Evaluation of the craniometrical information published by Gusinde about the natives from Tierra del Fuego
Autor/es:
VARELA, H.H.; COCILOVO, J.A.; GUICHÓN, R.A.
Revista:
HOMO
Editorial:
Gustav Fischer Verlag/Elsevier
Referencias:
Lugar: Mainz; Año: 1997 vol. 48 p. 125 - 134
ISSN:
0018-442X
Resumen:
In recent years a number of studies devoted to the biological affinities among native populations from Tierra del Fuego have been performed. However, the assessment of all of these results reveals some degree of uncertainty. In the present work, we extracted two variation patterns (craniometric and somatometric) employing a set of comparable variables. Evaluation was based on topological relationships among the three groups from Tierra del Fuego. The data employed were extracted from the work of Gusinde. who had analyzed 14 anatomically equivalent craniometric and cephalometric variables. The methods included the discriminant analyses, the graphic representation of canonical variables and Mahalanobis´ D2. The results show that the structure based on craniometric measurements does not coincide with the cephalometric structure. The deviation of the craniometric pattern is due to the incorrect assignment of skulls to a particular ethnic group or sex. Finally, we suggest that the craniometric data given by Gusinde should be employed in the future only as information on the native population from Tierra del Fuego as a whole.