Mariani R, García-Mancuso R, Varela G L, Inda A M
División Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque, 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Cátedra de Citología, Histología y Embriología "A", Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calle 60 y 120, 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Forensic Sci Int. 2014 Apr;237:19-26. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.12.029. Epub 2014 Jan 24.
This study focuses on insects and other arthropods sampled on the exhumation of an infant skeleton belonging to 'Prof. Dr. Rómulo Lambre' skeletal collection. The body was buried in soil inside a wooden coffin in a grave 40cm deep, in autumn, and stored in the cemetery deposit after exhumation. Death records were obtained from the cemetery archive. Samples of faunal remains were recovered from wrappings, clothes, bones and soil samples, and were identified at different taxonomic levels depending on the stage of conservation. The dominant taxon was the muscid fly Ophyra aenescens (Wiedemann). The relationships among the identified taxa and the moving of the corpse, from the burial context to the cemetery deposit, are discussed and used to create a hypothetical colonization sequence after death. The application of entomological data to anthropological research can provide valuable information for the interpretation of taphonomic processes and burial contexts.
本研究聚焦于从属于“罗慕洛·兰布雷教授博士”骨骼收藏的一具婴儿骨骼发掘时采集的昆虫及其他节肢动物。尸体于秋季被埋在一个40厘米深墓穴中的木棺内的土壤里，发掘后存放在墓地存放处。死亡记录从墓地档案中获取。动物遗骸样本从包裹物、衣物、骨骼和土壤样本中采集，并根据保存阶段在不同分类水平上进行鉴定。优势分类单元是蝇科昆虫铜绿蝇（维德曼）。讨论了已鉴定分类单元之间的关系以及尸体从埋葬环境到墓地存放处的移动情况，并据此构建了一个死后假设的定殖序列。昆虫学数据在人类学研究中的应用可为埋藏学过程和埋葬环境的解读提供有价值的信息。
