Corruccini Robert S, Shimada Izumi
Department of Anthropology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901-4502, USA.
Am J Phys Anthropol. 2002 Feb;117(2):113-21. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.10020.
Within and between tombs at the 1,000-year-old site of Huaca Loro on north coastal Peru, interment characteristics vary to an intriguing degree. Following and elaborating upon prior intracemetery studies, biological relatedness among associated burial groupings was assessed using 23 dental characters (assuming familial allele segregation) for 29 individuals. Biological patterning was based on multivariate distance between individuals using all traits, rather than the previously widespread reliance upon univariate comparison of each trait separately within samples. This multivariate approach did seem more informative. Statistically significant variation of biological similarities and dissimilarities corresponded to spatial groupings and also to various specific archaeological indications of the cohesiveness, or lack thereof, of interment pattern. The partition of biological distances among tombs at Huaca Loro supports the archaeological evidence that the tombs represent a planned elite cemetery.
在秘鲁北部沿海拥有1000年历史的华卡拉洛遗址的墓葬内部和之间，埋葬特征存在着有趣的差异。在之前墓葬内部研究的基础上，对29个个体使用23个牙齿特征（假设家族等位基因分离）评估了相关埋葬群体之间的生物学亲缘关系。生物学模式基于个体间使用所有特征的多变量距离，而不是之前样本中普遍单独依赖每个特征的单变量比较。这种多变量方法似乎确实提供了更多信息。生物学相似性和差异性的统计显著变化与空间分组以及墓葬模式凝聚力（或缺乏凝聚力）的各种具体考古迹象相对应。华卡拉洛墓葬间生物学距离的划分支持了考古证据，即这些墓葬代表了一个经过规划的精英墓地。
