What biology cannot explain: affinity groups from the shellmound Jabuticabeira II (Jaguaruna, SC)

Authors

  • Mercedes Okumura Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia da Universidade de São Paulo.
  • Sabine Eggers Laboratório de Antropologia Biológica, Depto. de Genética e Biologia Evolutiva do Instituto de Biociências da Universidade de São Paulo.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2448-1750.revmae.2012.107406

Keywords:

Shellmound, Craniometrics, Jabuticabeira II, Brazilian prehistory

Abstract

The excavation of Locus 2 in the shellmound Jabuticabeira II, south of Santa Catarina resulted in the proposal of the existence of an affinity group made up of individuals buried in this place in a limited time interval.

The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that individuals from Locus 2 are more closely related in biological terms than in relation to individuals exhumed from other loci. Craniometric data from 26 individuals were studied using statistical analysis. Our results do not support the hypothesis that individuals from Locus 2 have a greater biological affinity between them. Since other biological criteria were also excluded, it is possible that other factors (possibly cultural ones) would have influenced the criteria of who would be buried at this locus.

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Author Biography

  • Mercedes Okumura, Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia da Universidade de São Paulo.
    Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia da Universidade de São Paulo. Pós-doutoranda em Arqueologia.

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Published

2012-11-26

Issue

No. 22 (2012)

Section

Articles

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Copyright (c) 2012 Mercedes Okumura, Sabine Eggers

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How to Cite

OKUMURA, Mercedes; EGGERS, Sabine. What biology cannot explain: affinity groups from the shellmound Jabuticabeira II (Jaguaruna, SC). Revista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, São Paulo, Brasil, n. 22, p. 97–109, 2012. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2448-1750.revmae.2012.107406. Disponível em: https://www.revistas.usp.br/revmae/article/view/107406.. Acesso em: 14 may. 2024.