scholarly journals Osteophagia by Nasutitermes guayanae (Blattodea: Isoptera: Termitidae) on human bone remains in the Andean Amazon, Caquetá, Colombia

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-351
Author(s):  
Yardany RAMOS-PASTRANA ◽  
Eric CÓRDOBA-SUAREZ ◽  
Marta WOLFF
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
Human Bone ◽  
First Report ◽  
Colombian Amazon ◽  
Bone Remains

ABSTRACT We present the first report of Nasutitermes guayanae feeding on human bone remains found in an urban area of the municipality of Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia, in the Colombian Amazon piedmont. The record indicates an expansion in the diet of these termites. The observation suggests that the association of N. guayanae with decomposing bodies may be a possible tool for the estimation of postmortem intervals.

Small Sambaquis and Big Chronologies: Shellmound Building and Hunter-Gatherers in Neotropical Highlands

Radiocarbon ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 1215-1221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Levy Figuti ◽  
Cláudia R Plens ◽  
Paulo DeBlasis
Keyword(s):  
Human Bone ◽  
Cultural Continuity ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Faunal Remains ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
C Distribution ◽  
Bone Remains

Sambaquis, famous Brazilian coastal shellmounds, represent a successful and long archaeological cultural tradition, with hundreds of sites spread over 2000 km of the Brazilian south-southeast coastline. These sites have many burials within a sequence of layers comprising a mix of faunal remains, charcoal, ashes, and sand, thus resulting in very complex stratigraphic structures. Several radiocarbon samples exhibit ages between 8000 and 1000 cal yr BP. In the Brazilian southeastern coastal hinterland, at the Ribeira de Iguape basin, 36 small mounds similar to the sambaquis were found, composed mostly of landsnail shells, bone remains of terrestrial fauna, lithic and osteodontological artifacts, and quite a few burials. Through the last decade an archaeological research project has accomplished extensive surveys and systematic 14C sampling, together with excavations in selected sites. A sequence of ages has been obtained from different samples (16 on shell, 10 on human bone, and 6 on charcoal) representing 19 sites. These dates range from 10,000 to 1000 cal yr BP, highlighting around 9000 yr of cultural continuity, contemporary to both the Paleoindian record over the hinterland plateau, and older than their coastal counterparts, the sambaquis. By presenting the 14C distribution and an overview of the archaeological features of these sites, we discuss briefly the dispersion and settlement processes of early peopling in this area of Brazil.

Large-scale identification of human bone remains via SNP microarray analysis with reference SNP database

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 102293
Author(s):  
Sohee Cho ◽  
Moon-Young Kim ◽  
Ji Hyun Lee ◽  
Hwan Young Lee ◽  
Soong Deok Lee
Keyword(s):  
Microarray Analysis ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Human Bone ◽  
Snp Microarray ◽  
Bone Remains

scholarly journals Identification of Human Bone Remains by Autosomal STRs and Mitochondrial DNA SNPs

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sayed AM Amer ◽  
Hussam S Al-Harthi ◽  
Ahmed M Refaat ◽  
Abdulsallam Bakdash ◽  
Ahmed Ch Kassab
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Human Bone ◽  
Autosomal Strs ◽  
Bone Remains

Ancient DNA in Human Bone Remains from Pompeii Archaeological Site

1998 ◽  
Vol 247 (3) ◽  
pp. 901-904 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Cipollaro ◽  
G. Di Bernardo ◽  
G. Galano ◽  
U. Galderisi ◽  
F. Guarino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ancient Dna ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Human Bone ◽  
Bone Remains

scholarly journals Postmortem interval estimation based on Chrysomya albiceps (Diptera, Calliphoridae) in a forensic case in the Andean Amazon, Caquetá, Colombia

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yardany RAMOS-PASTRANA ◽  
Marta WOLFF
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
Forensic Entomology ◽  
Interval Estimation ◽  
Postmortem Interval ◽  
The Body ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Chrysomya Albiceps ◽  
Human Corpse ◽  
Forensic Case ◽  
Colombian Amazon

ABSTRACT This is the first application of forensic entomology in a case involving a human corpse found in the urban area of the Municipality of Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia, in the Piedemont of the Colombian Amazon. Three days after removing the body from the scene, pupae and puparia were collected and identified as Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann, 1819) (Diptera, Calliphoridae). The postmortem interval was estimated on the basis of previously published data and verified through accumulated degree hours (ADH) and intrapuparial development. The estimated minimum postmortem interval was of 229 hours (9.5 days).

scholarly journals Lichens growing on human bone remains: A case study from continental Patagonia (Deseado Massif, Santa Cruz, Argentina)

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 2219-2221
Author(s):  
Renato García ◽  
Lucia Magnin ◽  
Laura Miotti ◽  
Gustavo Barrientos
Keyword(s):  
Human Bone ◽  
Santa Cruz ◽  
Bone Remains ◽  
Deseado Massif

scholarly journals A RADIOCARBON DATING APPROACH TO THE DEPOSITION AND REMOVAL OF HUMAN BONE REMAINS IN MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS

Radiocarbon ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 1147-1162
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Aranda Jiménez ◽  
Marta Díaz-Zorita Bonilla ◽  
Derek Hamilton ◽  
Lara Milesi ◽  
Margarita Sánchez Romero
Keyword(s):  
Bayesian Modeling ◽  
Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
Human Bone ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Funerary Rituals ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Bone Deposition ◽  
Bone Remains ◽  
Skeletal Representation

ABSTRACTThe formation of commingled human bone assemblages is a key aspect for better understanding funerary rituals. The megalithic cemetery of Panoría (Spain) provides an excellent opportunity to explore bone assemblage formation thanks to the recent excavation of an undisturbed burial. For this purpose, we have approached the differential skeletal representation found between bone and teeth at the site through radiocarbon (14C) dating and Bayesian modeling. The comparison between the series of 14C dates on bone (n=12) and teeth (n=14) stress three main aspects: (1) the dates of teeth show a long period of funerary use before the deposition of the human bone remains; (2) both kinds of samples appear to be chronologically sequenced; the end of the teeth 14C series matches with the beginning of human bone deposition; and (3) bone remains span a short period, not more than a few decades, which probably represents the last episode of intense mortuary activity. These differences suggest that teeth could be the evidence of skeletal depositions subsequently removed from the tomb. The deposition and removal of bone remains emerge as key aspects in the formation of the bone assemblage.

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