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Título: A Prehispanic infant from Tenerife with diffuse microporotic lesions
Autores/as: González-Reimers, Emilio
Rodríguez-Caraballo, Selene
Carballo-Pérez, Jared
Vacas-Fumero, Emilio
Marrero-Salas, Efraín
Arnay-de-la-Rosa, Matilde
Calderón Ordóñez, Alejandra 
Clasificación UNESCO: 550501 Arqueología
Palabras clave: Scurvy
Vitamin C
Guanches
Bone microporotic lesions
Ascorbic acid, et al.
Fecha de publicación: 2023
Publicación seriada: Anthropologischer Anzeiger 
Resumen: We describe diffuse microporotic lesions observed in most of the scattered skeletal remains belonging to a ≈ 6 months-old female (genetic sexing) prehispanic (antiquity ≈ 600 years BP) individual recovered from a small recess of a basaltic burial cave in the highlands (2300 m above sea level) of Tenerife. Although sphenoid wings were lacking, microporotic lesions were present in several bones, especially in the hard palate, basilar part of the occipital bone, outer aspect of the maxilla, and proximal half of the right humerus, accompanied by a subtle periosteal reaction. Although non-specific, bone lesions may be compatible with scurvy, possibly in the context of malnutrition, that probably also affected the mother, given the young age of the infant and her dependence on maternal feeding. Pathophysiological connections among iron deficiency, vitamin C deficiency and vitamin D deficiency are discussed. Both observational reports on paleopathological cases of diffuse microporotic lesions as well as experimental studies devoted to discern the relative and combined effects of hypoxia-mediated bone marrow expansion, protein-calorie malnutrition, ascorbate, vitamin D or iron deficiency on such lesions are needed.
URI: https://accedacris.ulpgc.es/handle/10553/143235
ISSN: 0003-5548
DOI: 10.1127/anthranz/2022/1593
Fuente: Anthropologischer Anzeiger: Journal of Biological and Clinical Anthropology, v. 80 (2), p. 205-223
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