THE IMPORTANCE OF BILATERAL ASYMMETRY ANALYSIS ON HUMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRE-CONQUEST POPULATIONS (THE CASE OF SIX COLOMBIAN PRE-CONQUEST POPULATIONS)

Bilateral asymmetry has been an important field of study in anthropology. The evaluation of bilateral asymmetry of four traits (one by type of upper teeth) is carried out in this study on six pre-Conquest human populations from Colombia (South America). Results show the importance of a previous anal...

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Published in:Anthropologie (Brno) 2008-01, Vol.46 (1), p.19-24
Main Authors: RODRÍGUEZ-FLÓREZ, CARLOS DAVID, COLANTONIO, SONIA E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
America and Arctic regions
Anthropological methods
Generalities
Human paleontology
Methodology and general studies
ORIGINAL PAPERS • TRAVAUX ORIGINAUX • ORIGINALARBEITEN
Prehistory and protohistory
South America
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Summary:Bilateral asymmetry has been an important field of study in anthropology. The evaluation of bilateral asymmetry of four traits (one by type of upper teeth) is carried out in this study on six pre-Conquest human populations from Colombia (South America). Results show the importance of a previous analysis of bilateral asymmetry in archaeological fragmented samples and its relevance in posterior interpretations.
ISSN:0323-1119
2570-9127