title: Health at the time of Native-European contact in Southern Patagonia: first steps, results, and prospects.
abstract: The objective of this paper is to present the first steps into the study of health in southern Patagonia during pre and post Native-European contact. Thus, our work has a double purpose. First, to discuss characteristics and relevance of human bone records of southern Patagonia, in order to study health in a population context. Second, to show some new lines of information, which include paleoparasitology, nutritional paleopathologies, and the study of lifestyles from human remains. In this context, we have started working on the first Spanish settlement "Nombre de Jesus", founded in 1584, and with historical documentation of "La Candelaria" Mission in Rio Grande (1896-1931).
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Ecología Evolutiva Humana, Departamento de Arqueología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Quequén, Buenos Aires, Argentina. guichon@infovia.com.ar
authors.forename: Ricardo Aníbal
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Guichón
authors.forename: Jorge Alejandro
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Suby
authors.forename: Romina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Casali
authors.forename: Martín Horacio
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Fugassa
mesh_terms: D001118:Argentina; D018595:Colonialism; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007199:Indians, South American / Q000266:history*; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D010164:Paleopathology; D011822:Race Relations / Q000266:history*; D044465:White People