2019
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23889
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Postcranial morphological variation between hunter‐gatherers and horticulturalists from the lower Paraná River Delta, Argentina

Abstract: Introduction: Although pre-Hispanic hunter-gatherer and horticulturalist (known as Guaraní) societies from the lower Paraná River Delta (Argentina) presented differences in diet, pottery decoration, mortuary practices, and places of origin, differences in skeletal morphology between such groups have never been systematically explored. This work focuses on variations in humeral and femoral external linear measurements and derived structural properties of adult individuals from both societies as well as on varia… Show more

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“…Lower limb bone structure is thought to reflect terrestrial mobility, and more anteroposteriorly elongated femoral diaphyses generally correspond to increased mobility (Cameron & Pfeiffer, 2014;Cameron & Stock, 2018, 2019Holt, 2003;May & Ruff, 2016;Ruff et al, 2015;Stock & Macintosh, 2016). A trend toward a reduction in sexual dimorphism in femoral shape with the transition from huntinggathering to agriculture is well documented in various geographical and temporal contexts (Berner et al, 2018;Ruff, 1987;Ruff et al, 1984;Wescott, 2006), and the lack of sex differences in femoral shape in La Torrecilla is consistent with the agricultural subsistence of this population.…”
Section: Staturementioning
confidence: 52%
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“…Lower limb bone structure is thought to reflect terrestrial mobility, and more anteroposteriorly elongated femoral diaphyses generally correspond to increased mobility (Cameron & Pfeiffer, 2014;Cameron & Stock, 2018, 2019Holt, 2003;May & Ruff, 2016;Ruff et al, 2015;Stock & Macintosh, 2016). A trend toward a reduction in sexual dimorphism in femoral shape with the transition from huntinggathering to agriculture is well documented in various geographical and temporal contexts (Berner et al, 2018;Ruff, 1987;Ruff et al, 1984;Wescott, 2006), and the lack of sex differences in femoral shape in La Torrecilla is consistent with the agricultural subsistence of this population.…”
Section: Staturementioning
confidence: 52%
“…It is located at 800 m a.s.l. on Messinian limestone (IGME, Sheet 1040, 2019 and is characterized by mild winters, hot and dry summers, and moderate rainfall throughout the year. These characteristics make the area particularly suitable for dryland crops, as witnessed nowadays by the substantial cultivation of barley and of olive and almond trees.…”
Section: Archaeological and Historical Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%
“… Linear measurements from Martin and Saller (1957) and Knussmann (1988); HMS from Mazza (2019), HMR, FMS, and FMR from Stock and Shaw (2007). …”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The study of long bone diaphyseal structure applying engineering principles has often been used as a tool to explore past populations' patterns of activity, giving useful insights into various aspects of their social structure and behavior, such as mobility patterns, changes in subsistence strategy or sex‐specific division of labor (Bridges et al, 2000; Carlson, Grine, & Pearson, 2007; Marchi et al, 2006; Mays, 1999; Ogilvie & Hilton, 2011; Ruff, 1987; Stock & Pfeiffer, 2001; Weiss, 2003a, among others). External measurements of shafts, as well as indices of robusticity and shape derived by such measurements, have also been used by some authors to investigate activity patterns (Bridges et al, 2000; Mazza, 2019; Pomeroy & Zakrzewski, 2009; Waidhofer & Kirchengast, 2015; Wanner, Sierra Sosa, Alt, & Tiesler Blos, 2007; Wescott, 2006).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Among these comparative studies, "mobility" (terrestrial logistic mobility) was considered as a measure/factor that resulted in different limb morphology (Cowgill, 2014;Wescott, 2014). Populations who lived in different geographic environments (e.g., terrestrial vs. marine, plain vs. mountainous) would have different levels of mobility (Kelly, 1995;Ruff, 1999;Binford, 2001;Stock and Pfeiffer, 2001;Stock, 2002Stock, , 2006Weiss, 2003;Carlson et al, 2007;Marchi, 2008;Mazza, 2019). Indeed, the terrain has a certain influence on the mobility of the population.…”
Section: The Effect Of Terrain On the Limb Morphology Among The Populationsmentioning
confidence: 99%