Abstract

CHAPARRO, María Gabriela; GUICHON FERNANDEZ, Rocío; VALENZUELA, Luciano  and  GARCIA LABORDE, Pamela. Provenance of human remains from Dámaso Arce Museum. Contributions from Bioarchaeology for their preservation in accordance with professional and ethical standards in Argentina. Rev Arg Antrop Biol [online]. 2022, vol.24, n.2, e050.  Epub July 01, 2022. ISSN 1514-7991.  http://dx.doi.org/10.24215/18536387e050.

This paper presents the results of the application of various bioarchaeological methodologies and techniques on a set of human remains, which from part of the collections belonging to the Dámaso Arce Municipal Ethnographic Museum, located in the town of Olavarría (Argentina). Our study included sex estimation of the individuals, evaluation of the degree of preservation and integrity of the human remains, as well as isotopic analyzes to assess the possible geographical origin of the human remains under study. These analyzes, together with work on the museum's documents and archives allowed these sensitive cultural materials to be contextualized and put in optimal conditions. In this way, the collection was prepared to meet current legal regulations on the management of indigenous human remains, international codes of ethics for museums, as well as to inform about the possibility of future restitutions.

Keywords : Bioarchaeology; delicate cultural materials; indigenous bone remains; collections; stable isotopes.

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