IEH 26794
INSTITUTO DE ESTUDIOS HISTORICOS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
HUMAN CRANIUM OF CANDONGA CAVE SITE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INITIAL PEOPLING OF SOUTH AMERICA
Autor/es:
CORNERO, SILVIA; TRUYOL, GABRIELA; RIVERO, DIEGO EDUARDO; NEVES, WALTER
Revista:
HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology
Editorial:
Schweizerbart Science Publishers
Referencias:
Lugar: Frankfurt; Año: 2019 vol. 70 p. 283 - 295
ISSN:
0018-442X
Resumen:
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 itsimplications for the early peopling of South-America by Palaeoamerican andAmerindian populations. Although this cranium is fragmented, impeding the standardmorphometric analysis, an alternative methodology ad hoc was implemented in order toobtain relevant information about the South American people origins. Results ofmeasurements provide new information to reinforce the hypothesis that Paleoamericancrania possess similar morphological traits to those of current Fueguian populations, asprevious studies have claimed, and to suggest that the cranium of Candonga has strongmorphological affinities with Early Holocene specimens from Lagoa Santa (Brazil) andLate Holocene of Beagle Channel (Argentina), both belonging to Paleoamericanmorphology.
