INVESTIGADORES
BERNAL Valeria
artículos
Título:
Current status and perspectives of the development of dental research in biological anthropology of Argentina: Introduction and conclusions of the symposium.
Autor/es:
LUNA L.; BERNAL V.
Revista:
HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology
Editorial:
Elsevier
Referencias:
Año: 2011 vol. 62 p. 328 - 334
ISSN:
0018-442X
Resumen:
This paper describes and discusses the research in the
field of dental anthropology in Argentina. It has been presented at the
symposium entitled The development of dental research in Argentine
Biological Anthropology: current status and perspectives, coordinated
by the authors at the IX National Meeting of Biological Anthropology of
Argentina, Puerto Madryn, 20th23rd October 2009. The aim of the
symposium was to present new results and future prospects of this
discipline in the country and to create a forum for discussion of
current research within this field.
Six
contributions that focused on the study of teeth from different
perspectives and analysed bioarchaeological samples from different areas
of Argentina (Central Highlands, Pampa and Patagonia) were presented.
After the presentations, a discussion about the state of the art of
dental research in the country was generated, in which the need for the
generation of methodological consensus on the criteria for the
evaluation of the variables considered was stated, so that research
conducted in different areas can be compared. In short, the
contributions of this symposium provide insights into the diversity of
dental anthropology in contemporary Argentina and the potential of these
types of studies to gain important information about biological and
cultural aspects of the native populations in the country.