Paleopatología osteoarticular en Chinchorro: Revisión de un caso y discusión sobre el autocuidado en la prehistoria de Arica, norte de Chile

• Verónica Silva-Pinto ^[1] ; Daniela Valenzuela ^[2] ; Marcela Sepúlveda ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Tarapacá

     Universidad de Tarapacá

     Arica, Chile

     
  2. [2] Universidad Católica del Norte

     Universidad Católica del Norte

     Antofagasta, Chile

     
• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 141, Nº. 5, 2013, págs. 637-643
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Osteoarticular paleopathology in a Chinchorro body: Report of one case
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  • We report a severe osteo-arthropathy in a body of a Chinchorro adult mole exhumed from the pre-Hispanic site of Playa Miller 8, located in the city of Arica, on the northern coast of Chile. The advanced state of joint disease shows that the individual was cared by his social group, to be oble to survive. This care was perpetuated in the postmortem treatment, applying red color to the body. Particular self-care social dynamics of Chinchorro society are inferred.