Nasal fracture and interpersonal violence in continental Southern Patagonia during the Late Holocene
Nasal fracture is the most common type of facial fracture in modern populations, and is usually related to interpersonal violence. Nevertheless, this type of injury has been scarcely studied in bioanthropological field contexts. In this study, we characterized and discussed the oldest known Southern...
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I19-R120-10915-1681442024-07-30T20:04:26Z http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/168144 Nasal fracture and interpersonal violence in continental Southern Patagonia during the Late Holocene Fractura nasal y violencia interpersonal en la región continental de Patagonia Austral D´Angelo del Campo, Manuel Domingo Gordón, Florencia Magalhães, Bruno M. L’Heureux, G. Lorena Franco, Nora V. Barberena, Ramiro Borrero, Luis Alberto 2024-07 2024-07-30T12:54:12Z en Antropología blunt-force trauma facial fracture hunter-gatherers lateral impact force skull golpe contundente fractura facial cazadores-recolectores impacto lateral cráneo Nasal fracture is the most common type of facial fracture in modern populations, and is usually related to interpersonal violence. Nevertheless, this type of injury has been scarcely studied in bioanthropological field contexts. In this study, we characterized and discussed the oldest known Southern Patagonia individual presenting nasal fracture, among other lesions, most probably resulting from interpersonal violence. The nasal fossae and other skull bones from individual 2 from Orejas de Burro 1 site, dated to the Late Holocene, were reanalysed in order to study nasal fractures using a recent method developed by Magalhães et al. (2020). Orejas de Burro 1-2- presented nine fractures, four of them in the nasal area and showing different timing: one postmortem, two perimortem, and one antemortem. The other facial lesions were four diastatic fractures and one in the fragile septum. The individual presented a high-energy injury resulting in intense bone disruption and displacement of nasal and facial bones produced by a lateral blow, which may be related to an episode of interpersonal violence. While some likely causes are regionally known, it is extremely difficult to assess the cause of the injury and the blunt object associated with this episode, since this presents a situation of equifinality. This is one of the oldest cases in South America. It is also one of the first cases showing evidence of traumatic injury, possibly due to an episode of interpersonal violence. La fractura nasal es la lesión traumática facial más común en poblaciones modernas y se suele relacionar a violencia interpersonal. Sin embargo, este tipo de lesión ha sido poco estudiada en el ámbito de la antropología biológica. En este estudio, se caracteriza y discute la fractura nasal más antigua encontrada en Patagonia Austral, probablemente fruto de un evento de violencia interpersonal. Se ha reanalizado la cavidad nasal y otros huesos craneales mediante el método desarrollado por Magalhães et al. (2020) del individuo 2 del sitio Orejas de Burro 1, datado en el Holoceno tardío. Este sujeto presenta nueve fracturas, cuatro de ellas en el área nasal producidas en distintos momentos: una postmortem, dos perimortem y una antemortem. Las otras lesiones faciales observadas son cuatro fracturas diastásicas y una en el septum. El individuo presenta una lesión de alta energía dando lugar a una ruptura y desplazamiento de los huesos nasales y faciales producidos por un golpe lateral, el cual puede estar relacionado con un episodio de violencia interpersonal. Sin embargo, y a pesar del conocimiento que se tiene de la región, es inverosímil y pretencioso apuntar una causa u objeto específico causante de dicha lesión. El caso presentado es uno de los más antiguos de Sudamérica. Igualmente, es una de las primeras evidencias de lesión traumática causada por un posible evento de violencia interpersonal. Asociación de Antropología Biológica Argentina Articulo Comunicacion http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf |
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Antropología blunt-force trauma facial fracture hunter-gatherers lateral impact force skull golpe contundente fractura facial cazadores-recolectores impacto lateral cráneo |
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Antropología blunt-force trauma facial fracture hunter-gatherers lateral impact force skull golpe contundente fractura facial cazadores-recolectores impacto lateral cráneo D´Angelo del Campo, Manuel Domingo Gordón, Florencia Magalhães, Bruno M. L’Heureux, G. Lorena Franco, Nora V. Barberena, Ramiro Borrero, Luis Alberto Nasal fracture and interpersonal violence in continental Southern Patagonia during the Late Holocene |
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Antropología blunt-force trauma facial fracture hunter-gatherers lateral impact force skull golpe contundente fractura facial cazadores-recolectores impacto lateral cráneo |
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Nasal fracture is the most common type of facial fracture in modern populations, and is usually related to interpersonal violence. Nevertheless, this type of injury has been scarcely studied in bioanthropological field contexts. In this study, we characterized and discussed the oldest known Southern Patagonia individual presenting nasal fracture, among other lesions, most probably resulting from interpersonal violence. The nasal fossae and other skull bones from individual 2 from Orejas de Burro 1 site, dated to the Late Holocene, were reanalysed in order to study nasal fractures using a recent method developed by Magalhães et al. (2020). Orejas de Burro 1-2- presented nine fractures, four of them in the nasal area and showing different timing: one postmortem, two perimortem, and one antemortem. The other facial lesions were four diastatic fractures and one in the fragile septum. The individual presented a high-energy injury resulting in intense bone disruption and displacement of nasal and facial bones produced by a lateral blow, which may be related to an episode of interpersonal violence.
While some likely causes are regionally known, it is extremely difficult to assess the cause of the injury and the blunt object associated with this episode, since this presents a situation of equifinality. This is one of the oldest cases in South America. It is also one of the first cases showing evidence of traumatic injury, possibly due to an episode of interpersonal violence. |
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Articulo Comunicacion |
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D´Angelo del Campo, Manuel Domingo Gordón, Florencia Magalhães, Bruno M. L’Heureux, G. Lorena Franco, Nora V. Barberena, Ramiro Borrero, Luis Alberto |
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D´Angelo del Campo, Manuel Domingo Gordón, Florencia Magalhães, Bruno M. L’Heureux, G. Lorena Franco, Nora V. Barberena, Ramiro Borrero, Luis Alberto |
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D´Angelo del Campo, Manuel Domingo |
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Nasal fracture and interpersonal violence in continental Southern Patagonia during
the Late Holocene |
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Nasal fracture and interpersonal violence in continental Southern Patagonia during
the Late Holocene |
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Nasal fracture and interpersonal violence in continental Southern Patagonia during
the Late Holocene |
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Nasal fracture and interpersonal violence in continental Southern Patagonia during
the Late Holocene |
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Nasal fracture and interpersonal violence in continental Southern Patagonia during
the Late Holocene |
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nasal fracture and interpersonal violence in continental southern patagonia during
the late holocene |
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