Wild animal species differentiation from internal qualitative features of the diaphysis

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  • Diego Catriel LEON Laboratorio de Antropología. Facultad de Humanidades, Ciencias Sociales y de la Salud. Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero

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The high proportions of diaphyseal fragments recorded in many archaeological sites are usually not identified taxonomically and those that are anatomically determined they are on a coarse-grained (long bones). For this reason why a methodology was developed in order to solve this difficulty. In a previous work it has been presented the results of quantitative and qualitative traits recorded in diaphysis of mammals and a bird. For which long bones of three species were sectioned and their thicknesses, shapes, and qualitative features of the medullar cavity were registered. In this paper the rectification of the qualitative features for taxonomic and anatomical differentiation of rhea (Rhea americana), guanaco (Lama guanicoe) and pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) from fragments of the diaphysis is presented. Only the features of the medullar cavity (qualitative features) are discussed. Finally, a number of limitations and advantages of the use of these qualitative features in determining archaeological and paleontological taxa are outlined.

Keywords: long bones, shaft, medullary cavity, qualitative features, taxonomic and anatomic determination.

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LEON, D. C. (2014). Wild animal species differentiation from internal qualitative features of the diaphysis. Revista Ciencias Morfológicas, 16(2). Retrieved from https://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/Morfol/article/view/1484

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