Sex determination through dental metrics for huntergatherer groups from the eastern pampa-patagonian transition

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the relevance of dental metrics for obtaining sexual information in individuals who inhabited the lower basin of the Colorado River during the Late Holocene (ca. 3000-250 years BP), to discuss the degree of sexual dimorphism and to identify those quantitative var...

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Autores principales: Luna, Leandro, Flensborg, Gustavo
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spelling I10-R372-article-153092024-11-04T18:45:52Z Sex determination through dental metrics for huntergatherer groups from the eastern pampa-patagonian transition Determinación del sexo a través de la métrica dental en cazadores recolectores de la transición pampeano-patagónica oriental Luna, Leandro Flensborg, Gustavo dental metrics sexual determination hunter-gatherers lower basin of the Colorado River Late Holocene métrica dental determinación sexual cazadores-recolectores curso inferior del río Colorado Holoceno tardío The aim of this paper is to evaluate the relevance of dental metrics for obtaining sexual information in individuals who inhabited the lower basin of the Colorado River during the Late Holocene (ca. 3000-250 years BP), to discuss the degree of sexual dimorphism and to identify those quantitative variables adequate for sexual determination of new individuals to be included in future studies. The buccolingual and mesiodistal maximum neck diameters of 26 individual adults were studied. The most dimorphic variables correspond to the buccolingual diameter of the upper canine and both second molars; in these cases, sex differences are statistically significant. The results obtained about sexual dimorphism are located at the upper end of the range for different human populations. Several individuals who had no previous sexual information could be classified using these measurements, which accounts for the significant potential of dental metrics in palaeodemographic characterizations, especially in disturbed bioarchaeological samples. El objetivo de este trabajo es evaluar la pertinencia de la métrica dental para obtener información sexual en individuos que habitaron el curso inferior del río Colorado durante el Holoceno tardío (ca. 3000-250 años AP), discutir el grado de dimorfismo sexual e identificar las variables cuantitativas de la dentición que permitan discriminar el sexo de nuevos individuos que se incluyan en futuros análisis. Se estudiaron las medidas máximas bucolinguales y mesiodistales del cuello de los dientes correspondientes a 26 individuos adultos. Las variables más dimórficas corresponden al diámetro bucolingual del canino superior y de ambos segundos molares; en estos casos, las diferencias entre los sexos son estadísticamente significativas. Los resultados obtenidos sobre el dimorfismo sexual se ubican en el extremo superior de los valores correspondientes a diferentes poblaciones humanas. Varios individuos que no contaban con información sexual a través de los métodos tradicionales pudieron ser clasificados desde la métrica dental, lo cual da cuenta del importante potencial de las medidas dentales para contribuir a las caracterizaciones paleodemográficas de conjuntos bioarqueológicos, especialmente en contextos perturbados y con escasa integridad esqueletal. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología 2017-06-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer reviewed article Artículo revisado por pares Artigo revisado por pares application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/15309 10.31048/1852.4826.v10.n1.15309 Revista del Museo de Antropología; Vol. 10 No. 1 (2017); 53-60 Revista del Museo de Antropología; Vol. 10 Núm. 1 (2017); 53-60 Revista del Museo de Antropología; v. 10 n. 1 (2017); 53-60 1852-4826 1852-060X 10.31048/1852.4826.v10.n1 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/15309/17110 Derechos de autor 2017 Leandro Luna, Gustavo Flensborg
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topic dental metrics
sexual determination
hunter-gatherers
lower basin of the Colorado River
Late Holocene
métrica dental
determinación sexual
cazadores-recolectores
curso inferior del río Colorado
Holoceno tardío
spellingShingle dental metrics
sexual determination
hunter-gatherers
lower basin of the Colorado River
Late Holocene
métrica dental
determinación sexual
cazadores-recolectores
curso inferior del río Colorado
Holoceno tardío
Luna, Leandro
Flensborg, Gustavo
Sex determination through dental metrics for huntergatherer groups from the eastern pampa-patagonian transition
topic_facet dental metrics
sexual determination
hunter-gatherers
lower basin of the Colorado River
Late Holocene
métrica dental
determinación sexual
cazadores-recolectores
curso inferior del río Colorado
Holoceno tardío
author Luna, Leandro
Flensborg, Gustavo
author_facet Luna, Leandro
Flensborg, Gustavo
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title Sex determination through dental metrics for huntergatherer groups from the eastern pampa-patagonian transition
title_short Sex determination through dental metrics for huntergatherer groups from the eastern pampa-patagonian transition
title_full Sex determination through dental metrics for huntergatherer groups from the eastern pampa-patagonian transition
title_fullStr Sex determination through dental metrics for huntergatherer groups from the eastern pampa-patagonian transition
title_full_unstemmed Sex determination through dental metrics for huntergatherer groups from the eastern pampa-patagonian transition
title_sort sex determination through dental metrics for huntergatherer groups from the eastern pampa-patagonian transition
description The aim of this paper is to evaluate the relevance of dental metrics for obtaining sexual information in individuals who inhabited the lower basin of the Colorado River during the Late Holocene (ca. 3000-250 years BP), to discuss the degree of sexual dimorphism and to identify those quantitative variables adequate for sexual determination of new individuals to be included in future studies. The buccolingual and mesiodistal maximum neck diameters of 26 individual adults were studied. The most dimorphic variables correspond to the buccolingual diameter of the upper canine and both second molars; in these cases, sex differences are statistically significant. The results obtained about sexual dimorphism are located at the upper end of the range for different human populations. Several individuals who had no previous sexual information could be classified using these measurements, which accounts for the significant potential of dental metrics in palaeodemographic characterizations, especially in disturbed bioarchaeological samples.
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