South American Camelid palaeopathologies: Examples from Loma Alta (Catamarca, Argentina)

摘要

This paper summarises the results of an osteological analysis of two pathologically afflicted South American camelid second phalanges. These come from the occupation level at Loma Alta archaeological site (Catamarca, Argentina) assigned to the local Formative Period (ca. 500 BC-AD 600). Analyses were performed in order to identify the elements to species level and their degree of pathological affliction. A discussion on the probable origin of these pathologies is given. Copyright (c) 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.