Biological anthropology of Latin America : historical development and recent advances /

Despite significant positive developments within topics of biological anthropology, archaeology, and related academic areas in Latin America, we noted a lack of coordination and communication among them. Available publications provide syntheses within different areas of biological anthropology, yet...

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Other Authors: Ubelaker, Douglas H. (Editor), Colantonio, Sonia (Editor)
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, [2019]
Series:Smithsonian contributions to anthropology ; no. 51.
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Online Access:Contribution online (viewed April 2, 2020 ; citation: Ubelaker, Douglas H.; Colantonio, Sonia E. (2019): Biological Anthropology of Latin America: Historical Development and Recent Advances. figshare. Book. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.11365715.v1 )
Contribution online (viewed April 2, 2020 ; citation: Ubelaker, Douglas H.; Colantonio, Sonia E. (2019): Biological Anthropology of Latin America: Historical Development and Recent Advances. figshare. Book. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.11365715.v1 )
Table of Contents:
  • History of human population genetics and genomics in Brazil / Francisco M. Salzano
  • Bioarchaeology in Brazil / Pedro Da-Gloria and Walter Alves Neves
  • Contributions to the history of paleopathology in Brazil / Claudia Rodrigues-Carvalho
  • Forensic anthropology and archaeology in Brazil / Sergio Francisco Serafim Monteiro da Silva
  • Biological anthropology of children's growth in Amazonia / Hilton P. Silva and Lígia A. Filgueiras
  • Osteological research development in Mexico / Lourdes Márquez Morfín and Patricia Olga Hernández Espinoza
  • Paleopathology in Mexico / Carlos Serrano Sánchez and Abigail Meza Peñaloza
  • Forensic anthropology in Mexico / Lourdes Márquez Morfín
  • Biological anthropology in Mexico: biodemography and epidemiology / Edith Yesenia Peña Sánchez
  • History of growth and nutrition studies in Mexico / María Eugenia Peña Reyes, Julieta Aréchiga Viramontes and Robert M. Malina
  • History of human population genetics of Central America / Norberto F. Baldi and Ramiro Barrantes
  • Biodemography research and the history of Central American and northwestern South American populations / Edwin Francisco Herrera-Paz
  • An overview of data integration in population genetics in the Antilles Islands / Pedro C. Hidalgo
  • Assessing the biological and cultural diversity of Archaic age populations from western Cuba / Yadira Chinique de Armas and Mirjana Roksandic
  • The history of paleopathology in the Caribbean Archipelago / Edwin Crespo-Torres
  • Biodemography of the Caribbean populations / Vanessa Vázquez Sánchez
  • History of population genetics in northwestern South America / Dinorah Castro de Guerra and Sara Flores-Gutierrez
  • A brief history of pre-Hispanic skeletal collections in the northern Andes of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador / Carlos David Rodríguez Flórez
  • Paleopathology in northwestern South America (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru) / Claudia Rojas-Sepúlveda and Javier Rivera-Sandoval
  • Forensic anthropology in northwestern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru) / César Sanabria-Medina and Hadaluz Osorio Restrepo
  • Growth and development, health, and nutrition in northwestern South America / Betty Méndez-Pérez and Mercedes López-Blanco
  • Population genetics in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay / Mónica Sans and Sergio Avena
  • Bioarchaeology in the southern cone of South America: the Pampas, Patagonia, and Uruguay / Clara Scabuzzo, Gonzalo Figueiro, and Florencia Gordón
  • South-central Andean area settlement, evolution, and biocultural interactions / Héctor H. Varela and José A. Cocilovo
  • Paleopathology in southern South America: recent advances and future challenges / Jorge A. Suby and Leandro H. Luna
  • The development of forensic anthropology in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay: a brief history / Luis Fondebrider
  • Biodemography of historical and recent populations in the southeast region of South America / María Virginia Albeza, Noemí E. Acreche, and Isabel Barreto Messano
  • Growth and development, health and nutrition in the southeast region of South America / Evelia Edith Oyhenart, Silvia Lucrecia Dahinten, and María Antonia Luis
  • Conclusions / Douglas H. Ubelaker and Sonia E. Colantonio
  • About the contributors.