目的:在TocadosCoqueiros遗址的一个特殊的中全新世墓葬中出土了一个名为Iuzu的骨架,在SerradaCapivara国家公园(联合国教科文组织世界遗产,PiauíState,巴西)。在对其遗体进行生物考古分析时,我们发现Iuzu患有罕见的脊椎畸形。双孔横道,突出了寰椎上孔的发育不全和轴横突的发育不全。我们旨在推断畸形对患者健康的临床后果。
方法:我们进行了骨骼的宏观观察和X线摄影,然后我们在考古文学中寻找这种病理学的其他例子。
结果:畸形导致血管功能不全,可能导致神经系统病变,导致各种痛苦和麻烦。到目前为止,在南美的古印度骨骼上还没有发现非常罕见的Iuzu畸形。
结论:这个案例使我们能够研究在全新世中期埋在皮奥伊南部的个体的选择条件,在此期间,这种仪式似乎并不占主导地位。
OBJECTIVE: A skeleton named Iuzu has been unearthed from an exceptional middle Holocene burial in Toca dos Coqueiros site, in Serra da Capivara National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site, Piauí State, Brazil). During a bioarchaeological analysis of its remains, we discovered that Iuzu was suffering from rare vertebral malformations. A double foramen transversaria, the agenesis of a foramen on the atlas and the hypoplasia of the transverse process of the axis have been highlighted. We aimed to deduce the clinical consequences of the malformation on the patient\'s health.
METHODS: We proceeded to macroscopic observation and radiography of the bones, then we search for other examples of such a pathology in archaeological litterature.
RESULTS: The malformation caused vascular insufficiency that may have led to neurological lesions leading to various pains and troubles. The very rare malformations Iuzu presented have not been found on a paleoindian skeleton from South America so far.
CONCLUSIONS: This
case allowed us to examine the conditions of selection of individuals buried in southern Piauí during the Middle Holocene, during which time this rite does not seem to predominate.