Southamerican camelid palaeopathologies. Examples from Loma Alta (Catamarca, Argentina)

IZETA, ANDRÉS DARÍO; CORTÉS, LETICIA INÉS

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

John Wiley & Sons

Lugar: York; Año: 2006 vol. 16 p. 269 - 275

1047-482X

This paper summarises the results of an osteological analysis of two pathologically afflicted South American camelid second phalanges. These come from the occupation level at Loma Alta archaeological site (Catamarca, Argentina) assigned to the local Formative Period (ca. 500 BC - AD 600). Analyses were performed in order to identify the elements to species level and their degree of pathological affliction. A discussion on the probable origin of these pathologies is given.