Santana-Cabrera J, Velasco-Vázquez J, Rodríguez-Rodríguez A
G.I. Tarha Historical Sciences Department, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, C/ Pérez del Toro s/n, E-35003 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
G.I. Tarha Historical Sciences Department, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, C/ Pérez del Toro s/n, E-35003 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Homo. 2015 Apr;66(2):118-38. doi: 10.1016/j.jchb.2014.10.005. Epub 2015 Jan 28.
The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between entheseal changes and sexual division of labor in the pre-Hispanic population of Gran Canaria Island (Spain). Ethnohistorical records from the period of contact between Europeans and the Canarian indigenous population provide rich information about the different activities performed by men and women. For this purpose, entheseal changes in a sample of 138 individuals (82 males and 56 females) buried in ten pre-Hispanic cemeteries (11th and 15th centuries cal. CE) were analyzed. Forty-one entheses located in the clavicle, humerus, ulna and radius were analyzed (fibrous and fibro-cartilaginous attachment sites). Entheses were graded using a visual and descriptive standard which summarized the entheseal changes. This method interprets the changes as a sign of robustness on a scale from low to high development and includes enthesopathies. The intra- and inter-observer error of this method was minimal. Sex differences in the degree of robustness, bilateral asymmetry, sexual dimorphism and principal components analyses were tested in this sample. The results indicate significant variance in the entheseal robustness between males and females. They also suggest the impact of certain biomechanical chains (pronosupination, shoulder rotation, etc.) in entheseal changes. These results contribute to an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the sexual division of labor in the pre-Hispanic society of Gran Canaria.
本文旨在研究西班牙大加那利岛前西班牙时期人口中附着点变化与性别分工之间的关系。欧洲人与加那利群岛原住民接触时期的民族历史记录提供了关于男性和女性所从事不同活动的丰富信息。为此，对埋葬在十个前西班牙时期墓地（公元11世纪和15世纪）的138个人（82名男性和56名女性）样本的附着点变化进行了分析。分析了位于锁骨、肱骨、尺骨和桡骨的41个附着点（纤维性和纤维软骨附着部位）。使用一种视觉和描述性标准对附着点进行分级，该标准总结了附着点变化。这种方法将这些变化解释为从低到高发育程度的强壮标志，并包括附着点病。该方法的观察者内和观察者间误差最小。在这个样本中测试了强壮程度、双侧不对称性、性别二态性和主成分分析方面的性别差异。结果表明，男性和女性在附着点强壮程度上存在显著差异。它们还表明某些生物力学链（旋前旋后、肩部旋转等）对附着点变化的影响。这些结果有助于采用跨学科方法研究大加那利岛前西班牙社会的性别分工。
