A new reference collection of documented human skeletons from Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico

Chi-Keb, Julio Roberto; Albertos-González, V.M.; Ortega-Muñoz, Allan; Tiesler, Vera

doi:10.1016/j.jchb.2013.05.002

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“…The current study focuses on a pooled sample of modern and archaeological remains: the modern mortuary sample comprised unidentified or unclaimed remains recovered from the Xoclan cemetery in Merida, Mexico (for more detailed information see Chi‐Keb et al. ), as well as remains recovered from the nearby Xcambó archaeological site (AD 350–700).…”

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Methods and theory in bone modeling drift: comparing spatial analyses of primary bone distributions in the human humerus

Maggiano

Tiesler

et al. 2015

Journal of Anatomy

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This study compares two novel methods quantifying bone shaft tissue distributions, and relates observations on human humeral growth patterns for applications in anthropological and anatomical research. Microstructural variation in compact bone occurs due to developmental and mechanically adaptive circumstances that are 'recorded' by forming bone and are important for interpretations of growth, health, physical activity, adaptation, and identity in the past and present. Those interpretations hinge on a detailed understanding of the modeling process by which bones achieve their diametric shape, diaphyseal curvature, and general position relative to other elements. Bone modeling is a complex aspect of growth, potentially causing the shaft to drift transversely through formation and resorption on opposing cortices. Unfortunately, the specifics of modeling drift are largely unknown for most skeletal elements. Moreover, bone modeling has seen little quantitative methodological development compared with secondary bone processes, such as intracortical remodeling. The techniques proposed here, starburst point-count and 45° cross-polarization hand-drawn histomorphometry, permit the statistical and populational analysis of human primary tissue distributions and provide similar results despite being suitable for different applications. This analysis of a pooled archaeological and modern skeletal sample confirms the importance of extreme asymmetry in bone modeling as a major determinant of microstructural variation in diaphyses. Specifically, humeral drift is posteromedial in the human humerus, accompanied by a significant rotational trend. In general, results encourage the usage of endocortical primary bone distributions as an indicator and summary of bone modeling drift, enabling quantitative analysis by direction and proportion in other elements and populations.

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Methods and theory in bone modeling drift: comparing spatial analyses of primary bone distributions in the human humerus

Maggiano

Tiesler

et al. 2015

Journal of Anatomy

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“…Individuals used in this study are part of a reference collection from the urban cemetery Xoclán, Mérida, Yucatán (Chi‐Keb et al, ). It is curated at the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mexico (made available for investigation with permissions from the Municipal Government of Mérida) and consists of 84 individuals who were born between 1900 and 1990 and died between 1995 and 2004.…”

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Drifting Diaphyses: Asymmetry in Diametric Growth and Adaptation Along the Humeral and Femoral Length

Maggiano

Tiesler

et al. 2015

The Anatomical Record

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This study quantifies regional histomorphological variation along the human humeral and femoral diaphysis in order to gain information on diaphyseal growth and modeling drift patterns. Three thin sections at 40, 50, and 60% bone length were prepared from a modern Mexican skeletal sample with known age and sex to give a longitudinal perspective on the drifting cortex (12 adults and juveniles total, 7 male and 5 female). Point-count techniques were applied across eight cross-sectional regions of interest using the starburst sampling pattern to quantify percent periosteal and endosteal primary lamellar bone at each diaphyseal level. The results of this study show a posterio-medial drift pattern in the humerus with a posterior rotational trend along the diaphysis. In the femur, we observed a consistent lateral to anteriolateral drift and an increase in primary lamellar bone area of both, periosteal and endosteal origin, towards the distal part of the diaphysis. These observations characterize drifting diaphyses in greater detail, raising important questions about how to resolve microscopic and macroscopic cross-sectional analysis towards a more complete understanding of bone growth and mechanical adaptation. Accounting for modeling drift has the potential to positively impact age and physical activity estimation, and explain some of the significant regional variation in bone histomorphology seen within (and between) bone cross-sections due to differing ages of tissue formation. More study is necessary, however, to discern between possible drift scenarios and characterize populational variation.

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“…Identified osteological collections come mostly from municipal cemeteries which, when faced with the need for more burial space, disinterred the human remains from graves from graves that showed no evidence of maintenance or visits. After the legal burial time allowance, and when families did not renew the burial lease, the bones were removed and placed in collective ossuaries within the cemetery or, alternatively, they were cremated (Chi-Keb, Albertos-González, Ortega-Muñoz, & Tiesler, 2013;Quigley, 2001).…”

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“…In circumstances such as the ones presented above, the regulations of many countries authorise the receipt of skulls and skeletons by research and education institutions. The most recent collections must follow good practice guidelines and check with internal and external ethics committees (see, for instance, Chi-Keb et al, 2013). In Switzerland, the families and descendants of the individuals were also consulted before creating the Simon Collection (Perréard-Lopreno, 2006).…”

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Un patrimonio particular: La importancia de las colecciones osteológicas identificadas

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2020

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One of the main pillars of bioanthropological studies are the identified osteological collections. The goal of this document is to describe this heritage and show its importance. Since the nineteenth century, several countries have collected sets of skulls and skeletons from people about whom we know some biographical data; among other details, their age when they died and their sex. There are currently around fifty collections in different countries of North and South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. Researching into them has applications for the study of human evolution, past populations, palaeopathology, and the history of medicine, among others. The need to increase the number of individuals and extend the geographic distribution of samples leads to the continuous development of these collections.

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A new reference collection of documented human skeletons from Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico

Cited by 27 publications

References 18 publications

Methods and theory in bone modeling drift: comparing spatial analyses of primary bone distributions in the human humerus

Methods and theory in bone modeling drift: comparing spatial analyses of primary bone distributions in the human humerus

Drifting Diaphyses: Asymmetry in Diametric Growth and Adaptation Along the Humeral and Femoral Length

Un patrimonio particular: La importancia de las colecciones osteológicas identificadas

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