Flensborg Gustavo, Kaufmann Cristian A
INCUAPA-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Avda. del Valle 5737, Olavarría B7400JWI, Argentina.
Int J Paleopathol. 2012 Dec;2(4):199-207. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2012.09.003. Epub 2012 Oct 12.
Research on animal paleopathology has significantly grown in the field of zooarchaeology during the last years. Usually bone lesions have been associated to specific activities carried out by animals. However, the etiology and prevalence of many bone abnormalities are still uncertain due to the scarcity of studies in modern reference collections. The aim of this study is to determine the postcranial skeletal lesions that characterize a population of wild camelids and to differentiate bone lesions related to human management of camelids. For this purpose, we analyze the health status of a modern collection of guanaco by recording a series of indicators and its manifestation in different anatomical units. The osteological sample comprises 54 guanacos from Cinco Chañares, San Antonio department, Rio Negro province, Argentina. The frequency of lesions by anatomical unit, sex, and age were studied in order to generate parameters for comparison with other samples of contemporary camelids and with zooarchaeological record. The analyzed sample is characterized by infectious, traumatic, degenerative and congenital abnormalities in low prevalence. The most common pathologies were degenerative origin. These were significantly more frequent among senile adults, and were differentiated of the ones registered among domestic camelids.
近年来，动物古病理学研究在动物考古学领域有了显著发展。通常，骨骼病变与动物进行的特定活动有关。然而，由于现代参考标本研究的匮乏，许多骨骼异常的病因和患病率仍不确定。本研究的目的是确定表征野生骆驼科动物群体的颅后骨骼病变，并区分与人类管理骆驼科动物相关的骨骼病变。为此，我们通过记录一系列指标及其在不同解剖部位的表现，分析了现代原驼标本的健康状况。骨骼样本包括来自阿根廷内乌肯省圣安东尼奥市辛科查尼亚雷斯的54头原驼。研究了按解剖部位、性别和年龄划分的病变频率，以便生成参数，用于与当代骆驼科动物的其他样本以及动物考古记录进行比较。分析的样本具有感染性、创伤性、退行性和先天性异常，患病率较低。最常见的病理是退行性起源。这些在老年成年个体中明显更频繁，并且与家骆驼科动物中记录的病变有所不同。
