Dissertation Research: Intrasite Variation at Estuquina, Southern Peru

奥斯莫项目侧重于埃斯图基纳，一个晚 位于秘鲁莫托夸附近的中期遗址提供了 关于史前安第斯文化的重要新信息。 在这个项目中，学生将研究的太平间组成部分， 该项目的重点是人类遗骸。 具体来说，她将 看看在空间和生物模式中的内部变化。 这一项目将提供关于 史前安第斯社会的人口学方面。 它将 增加我们对健康和疾病的知识，特别是 结核病、颅骨畸形和遗传形态学。 这些数据将与文化变量进行比较，以确定 有证据表明， 社会随着时间的推移。 这项研究是为数不多的强调人口 一个史前社会的方法，专注于整个墓地 而不是单一的坟墓。 它将提供准确的 重建埃斯图基纳的人口， 文化和人类生物学的相互作用， 对生物人类学的重要补充。

The Osmore Project focusing on Estuquina, a Late Intermediate Period site near Moqueuqua, Peru is providing significant new information about prehistoric Andean cultures. In this project the student will study the mortuary component of the project focusing on the human remains. Specifically she will look at intrasite variation in spatial and biological patterning. This project will provide important new information on the demographic aspects of prehistoric Andean society. It will increase our knowledge of health and disease, especially tuberculosis, cranial deformation and inherited morphology. These data will be compared with cultural variables to see if there is evidence of increases in population stress in the society over time. This study is one of the few to emphasize a population approach to a prehistoric society, focusing on an entire cemetery rather than single graves. It will provide accurate reconstruction of the human population at Estuquina with regard to the interaction of culture and human biology and will be an important addition to bioanthropology.