Pre-Columbian tuberculosis in northwest Argentina: Skeletal evidence from Rincón Chico 21 Cemetery

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Arrieta, Mario Alberto; Bordach, María A.; Mendonca, Osvaldo Juan
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2011
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Systematic excavation of collective burial sites makes possible the recovery of skeletal series which may show bony evidence of infectious pathological conditions. This paper presents the first evidence of the existence of tuberculosis in prehistoric populations of NW Argentina with a subsistence economy based on agriculture and pastoralism. The study was carried out on individuals from Rincón Chico 21 cemetery, a burial site located in the Santa María Valley, Catamarca, used between the Late Ceramic Period and the onset of the Inca empire expansion (AD 1000-1400). Six individuals out of the 70 so far excavated showed destructive lesions in the vertebral bodies and periosteal reactions in other bones. The morphology and distribution of bone lesions led us to rule out several diseases from a broad spectrum of possible diseases that could have affected the skeletal system. Thus, the lesions were interpreted as caused by mycobacterial infections (Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex). Considering previous studies on the dynamics of biocultural interactions which take into account information related from contextual associations and chronology, we can conclude that a tuberculosis-like disease was present in prehistoric populations from NW Argentina. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Fil: Arrieta, Mario Alberto. Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Laboratorio de Osteología y Anatomia Funcional Humana; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Bordach, María A.. Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Laboratorio de Osteología y Anatomia Funcional Humana; Argentina
Fil: Mendonca, Osvaldo Juan. Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Laboratorio de Osteología y Anatomia Funcional Humana; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias Naturales; Argentina
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BONE LESIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX
NW ARGENTINA
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spelling Pre-Columbian tuberculosis in northwest Argentina: Skeletal evidence from Rincón Chico 21 CemeteryArrieta, Mario AlbertoBordach, María A.Mendonca, Osvaldo JuanBONE LESIONSDIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSISMYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEXNW ARGENTINAhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6Systematic excavation of collective burial sites makes possible the recovery of skeletal series which may show bony evidence of infectious pathological conditions. This paper presents the first evidence of the existence of tuberculosis in prehistoric populations of NW Argentina with a subsistence economy based on agriculture and pastoralism. The study was carried out on individuals from Rincón Chico 21 cemetery, a burial site located in the Santa María Valley, Catamarca, used between the Late Ceramic Period and the onset of the Inca empire expansion (AD 1000-1400). Six individuals out of the 70 so far excavated showed destructive lesions in the vertebral bodies and periosteal reactions in other bones. The morphology and distribution of bone lesions led us to rule out several diseases from a broad spectrum of possible diseases that could have affected the skeletal system. Thus, the lesions were interpreted as caused by mycobacterial infections (Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex). Considering previous studies on the dynamics of biocultural interactions which take into account information related from contextual associations and chronology, we can conclude that a tuberculosis-like disease was present in prehistoric populations from NW Argentina. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Fil: Arrieta, Mario Alberto. Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Laboratorio de Osteología y Anatomia Funcional Humana; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Bordach, María A.. Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Laboratorio de Osteología y Anatomia Funcional Humana; ArgentinaFil: Mendonca, Osvaldo Juan. Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Laboratorio de Osteología y Anatomia Funcional Humana; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias Naturales; ArgentinaWiley-Blackwell2011-11info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/195495Arrieta, Mario Alberto; Bordach, María A.; Mendonca, Osvaldo Juan; Pre-Columbian tuberculosis in northwest Argentina: Skeletal evidence from Rincón Chico 21 Cemetery; Wiley-Blackwell; International Journal of Osteoarchaeology; 24; 1; 11-2011; 1-141047-482X1099-1212CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oa.1300/abstractinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1002/oa.1300info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-22T11:07:31Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/195495instacron: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:34982025-10-22 11:07:31.418CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Pre-Columbian tuberculosis in northwest Argentina: Skeletal evidence from Rincón Chico 21 Cemetery
title Pre-Columbian tuberculosis in northwest Argentina: Skeletal evidence from Rincón Chico 21 Cemetery
spellingShingle Pre-Columbian tuberculosis in northwest Argentina: Skeletal evidence from Rincón Chico 21 Cemetery
Arrieta, Mario Alberto
BONE LESIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX
NW ARGENTINA
title_short Pre-Columbian tuberculosis in northwest Argentina: Skeletal evidence from Rincón Chico 21 Cemetery
title_full Pre-Columbian tuberculosis in northwest Argentina: Skeletal evidence from Rincón Chico 21 Cemetery
title_fullStr Pre-Columbian tuberculosis in northwest Argentina: Skeletal evidence from Rincón Chico 21 Cemetery
title_full_unstemmed Pre-Columbian tuberculosis in northwest Argentina: Skeletal evidence from Rincón Chico 21 Cemetery
title_sort Pre-Columbian tuberculosis in northwest Argentina: Skeletal evidence from Rincón Chico 21 Cemetery
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Arrieta, Mario Alberto
Bordach, María A.
Mendonca, Osvaldo Juan
author Arrieta, Mario Alberto
author_facet Arrieta, Mario Alberto
Bordach, María A.
Mendonca, Osvaldo Juan
author_role author
author2 Bordach, María A.
Mendonca, Osvaldo Juan
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv BONE LESIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX
NW ARGENTINA
topic BONE LESIONS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX
NW ARGENTINA
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Systematic excavation of collective burial sites makes possible the recovery of skeletal series which may show bony evidence of infectious pathological conditions. This paper presents the first evidence of the existence of tuberculosis in prehistoric populations of NW Argentina with a subsistence economy based on agriculture and pastoralism. The study was carried out on individuals from Rincón Chico 21 cemetery, a burial site located in the Santa María Valley, Catamarca, used between the Late Ceramic Period and the onset of the Inca empire expansion (AD 1000-1400). Six individuals out of the 70 so far excavated showed destructive lesions in the vertebral bodies and periosteal reactions in other bones. The morphology and distribution of bone lesions led us to rule out several diseases from a broad spectrum of possible diseases that could have affected the skeletal system. Thus, the lesions were interpreted as caused by mycobacterial infections (Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex). Considering previous studies on the dynamics of biocultural interactions which take into account information related from contextual associations and chronology, we can conclude that a tuberculosis-like disease was present in prehistoric populations from NW Argentina. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Fil: Arrieta, Mario Alberto. Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Laboratorio de Osteología y Anatomia Funcional Humana; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Bordach, María A.. Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Laboratorio de Osteología y Anatomia Funcional Humana; Argentina
Fil: Mendonca, Osvaldo Juan. Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Laboratorio de Osteología y Anatomia Funcional Humana; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicoquímicas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias Naturales; Argentina
description Systematic excavation of collective burial sites makes possible the recovery of skeletal series which may show bony evidence of infectious pathological conditions. This paper presents the first evidence of the existence of tuberculosis in prehistoric populations of NW Argentina with a subsistence economy based on agriculture and pastoralism. The study was carried out on individuals from Rincón Chico 21 cemetery, a burial site located in the Santa María Valley, Catamarca, used between the Late Ceramic Period and the onset of the Inca empire expansion (AD 1000-1400). Six individuals out of the 70 so far excavated showed destructive lesions in the vertebral bodies and periosteal reactions in other bones. The morphology and distribution of bone lesions led us to rule out several diseases from a broad spectrum of possible diseases that could have affected the skeletal system. Thus, the lesions were interpreted as caused by mycobacterial infections (Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex). Considering previous studies on the dynamics of biocultural interactions which take into account information related from contextual associations and chronology, we can conclude that a tuberculosis-like disease was present in prehistoric populations from NW Argentina. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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