Skeletal biology of the Taino: a preliminary report

Drusini, Andrea G.; Businaro, F.; Calderón, Fernando Luna

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“…The first natives encountered by Christopher Columbus were the Taino people [ 480 ]. In 102 Taino skeletons dated from the late 15th century found at Juan Dolio, Maguana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic [ 432 ], 5 cases of DDH were noted. In 100 Mound Builder peoples' skeletons along the Mississippi River in eastern Arkansas [ 425 ], (precolonization era, before 1500), there was one unilateral case of DDH.…”

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The Epidemiology and Demographics of Hip Dysplasia

2011

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The etiology of developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is unknown. There are many insights, however, from epidemiologic/demographic information. A systematic medical literature review regarding DDH was performed. There is a predominance of left-sided (64.0%) and unilateral disease (63.4%). The incidence per 1000 live births ranges from 0.06 in Africans in Africa to 76.1 in Native Americans. There is significant variability in incidence within each racial group by geographic location. The incidence of clinical neonatal hip instability at birth ranges from 0.4 in Africans to 61.7 in Polish Caucasians. Predictors of DDH are breech presentation, positive family history, and gender (female). Children born premature, with low birth weights, or to multifetal pregnancies are somewhat protected from DDH. Certain HLA A, B, and D types demonstrate an increase in DDH. Chromosome 17q21 is strongly associated with DDH. Ligamentous laxity and abnormalities in collagen metabolism, estrogen metabolism, and pregnancy-associated pelvic instability are well-described associations with DDH. Many studies demonstrate an increase of DDH in the winter, both in the northern and southern hemispheres. Swaddling is strongly associated with DDH. Amniocentesis, premature labor, and massive radiation exposure may increase the risk of DDH. Associated conditions are congenital muscular torticollis and congenital foot deformities. The opposite hip is frequently abnormal when using rigorous radiographic assessments. The role of acetabular dysplasia and adult hip osteoarthritis is complex. Archeological studies demonstrate that the epidemiology of DDH may be changing.

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The Epidemiology and Demographics of Hip Dysplasia

2011

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“…In sum, these regional studies, which utilize human remains as an important data source, display important similarities and differences in temporal trends, especially with regard to health status during the contact period (and see other analyses by Baker, 1994;Barondess, 1992;Blakely, 1988;Blakely and Detweiler-Blakely, 1989;Buikstra, 1976;Carlson et al, 1992;Cybulski, 1978Cybulski, , 1994Drusini et al, 1987;Hanson, 1992;Hedman, 1993;Hoshower and Milanich, 1993;Humphreys, 1969;Hutchinson, 1991;Hutchinson and Norr, 1994;Marquez Morfin, 1984;Meer, 1985;Murray, 1989;Owsley, 1991Owsley, , 1992Owsley et al, 1994;Pfeiffer and Fairgrieve, 1994;Storey, 1992;Sullivan, 1989Sullivan, , 1990Sullivan, , 1994Ubelaker, 1992cUbelaker, , 1994Wilson, 1987;Wray et al, 1987). On the other hand, the variability is also closely tied to local conditions and circumstances that were in place well before the arrival of Europeans.…”

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In the wake of Columbus: Native population biology in the postcontact Americas

Larsen

1994

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

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The commemoration of the Columbian quincentenary played an important role in stimulating new research on the biological effects of the arrival of Europeans on Native American groups throughout the New World. Although these discussions have involved many disciplines, physical anthropology has been underrepresented until recently. This article reviews a range of studies on the biological impact of European colonization of the Americas on native populations. Historical sources, mission and civil records, archaeological information, and human skeletal remains have provided a fund of data that are being used to document and interpret native health and well-being after 1492. Osteological investigations reveal that before contact, native populations were not living in a pristine, diseasefree environment. Moreover, prehistoric populations experienced occasional eruptions of social conflict and violence, patterns of which are similar to what has been documented in contemporary small-scale societies. Archaeological, historical, and bioarchaeological studies provide compelling evidence that the arrival of Europeans did not occasion a sudden pandemic of smallpox in the early sixteenth century. Rather, epidemic disease in the contact era was a patchwork affair, striking some populations and not others a t various times. Regionally based bioarchaeological investigations have disclosed new details about the contact period in the Americas and elsewhere (e.g., Polynesia), particularly in regard to variability in physiological stress, health status, diet and nutritional quality, and activity patterns. These studies show that although rapid population loss and extinction occurred in some areas, many groups survived and accommodated new and challenging circumstances. These findings also indicate that there are common elements to native response to contact with Europeans, but population and regional changes were shaped by localized factors. The demographic resurgence and population recovery during the twentieth century illustrates that Native Americans are a vital part of today's human biological landscape in the western hemisphere. o 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.The five-hundredth anniversary of Columbus's first voyage to the Americas was marked around the world by a n avalanche of public and scholarly events, including conferences, museum exhibits, and symposia (reviewed in Axtell, 1992). In striking contrast to the fourth Columbian centenary, the subject of native peoples of the Americas dominated the discussions, especially with regard to the impact of the 0 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc. 110 YEARBOOK OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY[Vol. 37, 1994 arrival of Europeans on Native American culture, society, and biology. Physical anthropologists have provided essential, new data on the biocultural implications of contact. With the passing of the quincentenary, I believe that it is important that we take a look back and review some of the important research that was stimulated in large part by this important commemoration. The study of postcontact ...

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“…Juan Dolio Juan Dolio is located some 50 kilometers to the east of Santo Domingo and has an estimated indigenous occupation from ad 1000 until at least the second decade of the sixteenth century. Most archaeological work was done between the early 1950s and 1970s, with a strong focus on the approximately one hundred burials at the site's cemetery areas (Boyrie Moya 1960;Drusini et al 1987;Veloz Maggiolo 1972). While some of the graves contained indigenous offerings, only one skeleton also held Spanish goods (García Morbán Laucer and García Arévalo 1971).…”

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Treating ‘Trifles’: the Indigenous Adoption of European Material Goods in Early Colonial Hispaniola (1492–1550)

Keehnen¹

2019

Material Encounters and Indigenous Transformations in the Early Colonial Americas

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Early colonial encounters with Europeans introduced indigenous Caribbean peoples to a wide array of foreign goods and materials. Through gift-giving and exchange, objects form vital elements for negotiating the social, cultural, and material boundaries between peoples with vastly different cultural-historical backgrounds (e.g., Cipolla 2017; Gosden 2004; Maran and Stockhammer 2012; Thomas 1991). In the Caribbean, these exotic items often possessed qualities similar to or commensurable with the preexisting values of indigenous societies, facilitating their intercultural transfer and adoption (Keehnen 2011, 2012; Oliver 2000; Saunders 1999). The blending of new and traditional material expressions ushered in a period of creativity and innovation, in which the material culture repertoires of all those involved in the colonial process increasingly transformed. European trade goods were offered to indigenous Caribbean peoples within days after first encounter on 12 October 1492 at the island of San Salvador, The Bahamas (Dunn and Kelley 1989, 83-85; see also Berman and Gnivecki this volume). Christopher Columbus' log of his first voyage in addition to the accounts from traveling companions and other contemporaries vividly describe how such material interactions continued throughout the early colonial period. An analysis of a standard corpus of late fifteenth-and early sixteenth-century (ethno)historical sources pertaining to the Greater Antilles and Bahamas has identified a total number of 177 such (reciprocal) gift-giving, barter, and tribute events in which objects transfer between cultural groups (Keehnen and Mol 2018). The vast majority of these transactions took place within the first 5-year period of colonial interaction and these involved at least 137 different types of objects, 61 of which are of European origin.2

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Skeletal biology of the Taino: a preliminary report

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The Epidemiology and Demographics of Hip Dysplasia

The Epidemiology and Demographics of Hip Dysplasia

In the wake of Columbus: Native population biology in the postcontact Americas

Treating ‘Trifles’: the Indigenous Adoption of European Material Goods in Early Colonial Hispaniola (1492–1550)

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