Preadult Living Conditions During Sociopolitical Transition in Quebrada Chupacigarro Cemetery (500-400 bc), Supe Valley, Peru : Childhood Morbidity and Sociopolitical Change in Prehistoric Central Andes
Pezo-Lanfranco, Luis (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Barreto, Maria Inés (Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Departamento de Antropología)
Filippini, Jose (Universidade de São Paulo)
Silva, Karoline (Universidade de São Paulo)
Crispín Balta, Aldemar Diego (Ministerio de Cultura del Perú)
Machacuay, Marco (Ministerio de Cultura de Cultura del Perú)
Novoa, Pedro (Ministerio de Cultura del Perú)
Shady, Ruth (Ministerio de Cultura del Perú)

Date:	2025
Abstract:	Through a detailed assessment of nonspecific stress markers in 67 individuals (47 under 8 years old), this paper investigates the health conditions of preadults in Quebrada Chupacigarro Cemetery (QCC), North-Central Coast of Peru, during the transition between the Middle and Late Formative periods (500-400 bc), a critical time of sociopolitical change in the Central Andes. Our objectives are to determine (i) the nature of preadult morbidity and mortality, (ii) periods of greater vulnerability in the population, and (iii) the etiological factors associated with health-disease processes in this context of population pressure. The results show a high prevalence of anemia-related stress markers in preadults with a strong selective mortality in < 3. 5-year-old individuals, and recurrent periods of adult morbidity. These findings indicate exposure to disease because of overcrowding, lack of sanitation and malnourishment, and support the idea of precarious living conditions in the Supe Valley around 500-400 bc.
Grants:	European Commission 101062179
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
Note:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
Rights:	Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Andean Formative Period ; Anemia ; Infant mortality ; Stress markers
Published in:	International journal of osteoarchaeology, Vol. 35, Issue 2 (February 2025) , art. e3386, ISSN 1099-1212

DOI: 10.1002/oa.3386

12 p, 18.6 MB

The record appears in these collections:
Research literature > UAB research groups literature > Research Centres and Groups (research output) > Experimental sciences > Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA)
Articles > Research articles
Articles > Published articles