Assessing individual systemic stress through cortisol analysis of archaeological hair

Webb, Emily C.; Thomson, Steven; Nelson, Andrew J.; White, Christine D.; Koren, Gideon; Rieder, Michael J.; Uum, Stan Van

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2009.11.010

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“…Si bien las condiciones ambientales, tecnológicas y de salud en la Webb et al 2009;(l, m) este trabajo. Los datos están tomados directamente del artículo correspondiente y pertenecen a mediana y rango para (a-g), media e intervalos de confianza al 95% (h, i), mediana y rangos intercuartiles (j), y media y desviación estándar (k-m).…”

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“…Se encontraron diferencias significativas en los pares (b, c); (d, e); (f, g) y (h, i). Sauve et al 2007;(b, c) Thomson et al 2009;(d, e) Van Uum et al 2008;(f, g) Pereg et al 2011;(h, i) Manenschijn et al 2011;(j) Manenschijn et al 2013;(k) Webb et al 2009;(l, m) …”

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“…Esto hace pensar que si se conserva el cabello sin mayores defectos estructurales las cantidades de cortisol que contiene la fibra capilar son las que secretó el individuo en vida. A pesar de estos potenciales inconvenientes, Webb et al (2009) concluyen que es posible observar patrones de producción de la hormona aún si existiese una pérdida diagenética de cortisol en cabello arqueológico.…”

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“…Un estudio realizado en momias de Perú demostró que es factible cuantificar el nivel de esta hormona en restos antiguos (Webb et al 2009). El estudio muestra que la pérdida diagenética de cortisol no impide observar patrones de producción hormonal que reflejan la exposición a estrés sistémico.…”

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Niveles De Cortisol en Cabellos De Poblaciones Prehispánicas De San Pedro De Atacama, Norte De Chile

López-Barrales¹,

Hübbe

Aspillaga

et al. 2015

Chungará (Arica)

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La presente investigación explora el grado de estrés sistémico al que estaban sometidas las poblaciones de San Pedro de Atacama durante los períodos Medio e Intermedio Tardío mediante el análisis de cortisol en el cabello de restos humanos de estos períodos. Los niveles similares de cortisol encontrados en los individuos de San Pedro de Atacama y en individuos actuales sugieren que, si bien las condiciones ambientales y sociales de las poblaciones prehispánicas fueron muy distintas a las actuales, la población prehispánica en San Pedro de Atacama no estaba sometida a niveles de estrés sistémico mayores que la actual, posiblemente debido a la larga historia de ocupación en la región que permitió que dichas poblaciones se adaptaran a sus condiciones particulares. Los niveles de cortisol de los individuos analizados del período Medio mostraron una tendencia a ser menores que los del Intermedio Tardío, congruente con las diferencias en la calidad de vida sugeridos por marcadores osteológicos y con los cambios culturales y ambientales asociados a ambos períodos. Aunque diversos factores pueden afectar los niveles de cortisol encontrados en muestras arqueológicas, este marcador muestra el potencial para complementar los resultados obtenidos sobre las poblaciones de San Pedro de Atacama utilizando otros enfoques.Palabras claves: bioarqueología, estrés sistémico, cortisol, cabello. Systemic stress in prehispanic populations of San Pedro de Atacama (SPA) during the Middle and Late Intermediate periods was explored through cortisol analysis of hair samples of mummies from these periods. The cortisol levels in the

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“…Evidence of cytosine methylation also is being recovered from ancient bone (Gokhman et al 2014;Smith et al 2015), shedding light on how epigenetic changes could have related to physiological stress in the past and how these changes could alter bone plasticity and growth. Past immunological studies using ELISA to investigate antigens or antibodies of parasites that cause malaria and schistosomiasis, for example, have been critiqued (e.g., Sallares and Gomzi 2001), but biomolecular investigations have progressed to encompass analysis of cortisol levels in ancient hair samples that demonstrate individual experiences of physiological stress (Webb et al 2009) and experimental work that will aid our understanding of inflammatory responses in past populations (Crespo et al 2016). Finally, advances in paleomicrobiology are providing insight into the human microbiome and enhancing dietary reconstruction thorough extraction of chemical compounds, aDNA, and microfossils from ancient dental calculus and archaeological coprolites (Buckley et al 2014;Radini et al 2017;Schnorr et al 2016;Warinner and Lewis 2015; see also Velsko and Warriner in this issue), applications that will surely continue to expand in the coming several years.…”

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Stronger Together: Advancing a Global Bioarchaeology

Baker

2017

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Bioarchaeology is a burgeoning, integrative field that spans the globe. Bioarchaeology is often thought to encompass the study of only the human remains found within archaeological sites, frequently divorced from the contexts in which they were found. The physical remains of people store a record of their biological attributes, providing information on illnesses or trauma they survived or that may have contributed to their deaths, their daily activities, biological affinities, and more. Equally informative are the different ways that people were treated in death by those who survived them. Rather than investigating only the biological remains or studying material culture alone, integrating these components permits a more complete understanding of how people experienced an array of circumstances over the course of their own lives and through multiple generations. Differing subsistence practices, access to resources, exposure to hazards, and changes in economic, political, religious, or environmental factors over time and across vast areas of the world are topics explored by bioarchaeologists. Learning how past peoples were affected by pathogens, climate change, and immigration, for example, provides insight into contemporary issues and ABSTRACTBioarchaeology is a relatively young field that aims to improve our understanding of life, death, and interrelationships among past humans around the globe. The discipline grew out of 1960s American processual archaeology and biological anthropology and emerged as human osteoarchaeology in the UK. Today, bioarchaeology is a vibrant, interdisciplinary field of study that cross-cuts biological anthropology, archaeology, and social theory to situate past peoples within their biological, cultural, and environmental circumstances. The field emphasizes not only the study of human remains but the integrative analysis and interpretation of their context, including the archaeological, sociocultural, and political milieu and the environmental setting in which people lived. The growing interest in bio archae ol o gi cal research has created the need for a new peer-reviewed journal to help unify and advance this discipline around the globe. In this introduction to Bioarchaeology International, we trace the origins of the field and the different "schools" of bioarchaeology that have developed and are now merging as the discipline has matured. We then delineate the purpose and goals of the journal, highlighting how the articles in the first issue contribute to those goals. Finally, as co-editors in chief, we describe our vision for contemporary and future directions in bioarchaeology. With this overview of the field and journal, we wish to stimulate discussion and promote international submissions. We intend for Bioarchaeology International to strengthen this growing field and help promote scholarly and public interest in our collective research.Keywords: archaeology; biological anthropology; biocultural; funerary archaeology; mortuary behavior; osteology; osteoarchaeology; paleopatholo...

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DHEAS patterning across childhood in three sub‐Saharan populations: Associations with age, sex, ethnicity, and cortisol

Helfrecht

Hagen

deAvila

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American J Hum Biol

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DHEAS patterns and age at adrenarche vary across cultures, perhaps indicating adaptive life history responses in diverse eco-cultural environments. Delayed involution of the fetal zone and DHEAS patterning may offer both cognitive protection and immune defense in high-risk, nutritionally-poor environments. Additional research in the majority world is essential to improving our understanding of the diversity of hormonal development and timing of 'switch points' in life history trajectories.

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Assessing individual systemic stress through cortisol analysis of archaeological hair

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Niveles De Cortisol en Cabellos De Poblaciones Prehispánicas De San Pedro De Atacama, Norte De Chile

Niveles De Cortisol en Cabellos De Poblaciones Prehispánicas De San Pedro De Atacama, Norte De Chile

Stronger Together: Advancing a Global Bioarchaeology

DHEAS patterning across childhood in three sub‐Saharan populations: Associations with age, sex, ethnicity, and cortisol

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