Conflict in Pre-Hispanic Northwest Argentina: Implications Arising From Human Bone Trauma Patterns

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Gheggi, María Soledad
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2016
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The time span ranging from ca. 900 to 1450A.D. in the South-Central Andes has been traditionally posited as a period of social unrest, political disintegration and large-scale conflict due to, primarily, environmental causes. However, the osteological record of traumatic injuries in a sample of 223 adult and subadult crania from different areas of Northwest Argentina does not clearly correspond to the expected scenario of pervasive and formalized armed attacks. Cranial trauma prevalence in the sample is low (17.48%), and no statistically significant differences were met between the sexes. No differences were found when comparing trauma prevalence between settlements or regions, suggesting that location or function of the sites may not have influenced in trauma frequencies. This information more comfortably agrees with a scenario of conflict where several sources of violence may have caused the record of traumatic injuries (i.e. raids, ambushes, etc). These results serve to problematize how conflict is expected to be expressed in the archaeological record, especially in osseous human remains, what sources of violence may have generated the traumatic patterns observed and the intensity of conflict in this region in particular and in the pre-Hispanic Andes in general.
Fil: Gheggi, María Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja. - Universidad Nacional de La Rioja. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja. - Universidad Nacional de Catamarca. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja. - Secretaría de Industria y Minería. Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja. - Provincia de La Rioja. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Arqueología; Argentina
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Bioarchaeology
Cranial Injuries
Violence
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spelling Conflict in Pre-Hispanic Northwest Argentina: Implications Arising From Human Bone Trauma PatternsGheggi, María SoledadAndesBioarchaeologyCranial InjuriesViolencehttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6The time span ranging from ca. 900 to 1450A.D. in the South-Central Andes has been traditionally posited as a period of social unrest, political disintegration and large-scale conflict due to, primarily, environmental causes. However, the osteological record of traumatic injuries in a sample of 223 adult and subadult crania from different areas of Northwest Argentina does not clearly correspond to the expected scenario of pervasive and formalized armed attacks. Cranial trauma prevalence in the sample is low (17.48%), and no statistically significant differences were met between the sexes. No differences were found when comparing trauma prevalence between settlements or regions, suggesting that location or function of the sites may not have influenced in trauma frequencies. This information more comfortably agrees with a scenario of conflict where several sources of violence may have caused the record of traumatic injuries (i.e. raids, ambushes, etc). These results serve to problematize how conflict is expected to be expressed in the archaeological record, especially in osseous human remains, what sources of violence may have generated the traumatic patterns observed and the intensity of conflict in this region in particular and in the pre-Hispanic Andes in general.Fil: Gheggi, María Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja. - Universidad Nacional de La Rioja. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja. - Universidad Nacional de Catamarca. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja. - Secretaría de Industria y Minería. Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja. - Provincia de La Rioja. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Arqueología; ArgentinaJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd2016-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/68606Gheggi, María Soledad; Conflict in Pre-Hispanic Northwest Argentina: Implications Arising From Human Bone Trauma Patterns; John Wiley & Sons Ltd; International Journal of Osteoarchaeology; 26; 1; 1-2016; 17-271099-1212CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1002/oa.2391info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/oa.2391info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:33:28Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/68606instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:33:29.087CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Conflict in Pre-Hispanic Northwest Argentina: Implications Arising From Human Bone Trauma Patterns
title Conflict in Pre-Hispanic Northwest Argentina: Implications Arising From Human Bone Trauma Patterns
spellingShingle Conflict in Pre-Hispanic Northwest Argentina: Implications Arising From Human Bone Trauma Patterns
Gheggi, María Soledad
Andes
Bioarchaeology
Cranial Injuries
Violence
title_short Conflict in Pre-Hispanic Northwest Argentina: Implications Arising From Human Bone Trauma Patterns
title_full Conflict in Pre-Hispanic Northwest Argentina: Implications Arising From Human Bone Trauma Patterns
title_fullStr Conflict in Pre-Hispanic Northwest Argentina: Implications Arising From Human Bone Trauma Patterns
title_full_unstemmed Conflict in Pre-Hispanic Northwest Argentina: Implications Arising From Human Bone Trauma Patterns
title_sort Conflict in Pre-Hispanic Northwest Argentina: Implications Arising From Human Bone Trauma Patterns
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gheggi, María Soledad
author Gheggi, María Soledad
author_facet Gheggi, María Soledad
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Andes
Bioarchaeology
Cranial Injuries
Violence
topic Andes
Bioarchaeology
Cranial Injuries
Violence
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The time span ranging from ca. 900 to 1450A.D. in the South-Central Andes has been traditionally posited as a period of social unrest, political disintegration and large-scale conflict due to, primarily, environmental causes. However, the osteological record of traumatic injuries in a sample of 223 adult and subadult crania from different areas of Northwest Argentina does not clearly correspond to the expected scenario of pervasive and formalized armed attacks. Cranial trauma prevalence in the sample is low (17.48%), and no statistically significant differences were met between the sexes. No differences were found when comparing trauma prevalence between settlements or regions, suggesting that location or function of the sites may not have influenced in trauma frequencies. This information more comfortably agrees with a scenario of conflict where several sources of violence may have caused the record of traumatic injuries (i.e. raids, ambushes, etc). These results serve to problematize how conflict is expected to be expressed in the archaeological record, especially in osseous human remains, what sources of violence may have generated the traumatic patterns observed and the intensity of conflict in this region in particular and in the pre-Hispanic Andes in general.
Fil: Gheggi, María Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja. - Universidad Nacional de La Rioja. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja. - Universidad Nacional de Catamarca. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja. - Secretaría de Industria y Minería. Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja. - Provincia de La Rioja. Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Arqueología; Argentina
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