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Title: | Paleonutritional analysis of the pre-Hispanic population from Fuerteventura (Canary Islands) | Authors: | González-Reimers, E. Santolaria-Fernández, F. Velasco Vázquez, Francisco Javier Arnay-de-la-Rosa, M. Galindo-Martín, L. |
UNESCO Clasification: | 32 Ciencias médicas 550501 Arqueología |
Keywords: | Africa Anthropology Physical Bone Density Female Geography, et al |
Issue Date: | 2001 | Publisher: | 0048-9697 | Journal: | Science of the Total Environment | Abstract: | In this study, from histological and chemical perspectives, we analyse the human remains belonging to the pre-Hispanic inhabitants from Fuerteventura (one of the Canary Islands) and compare the results with those obtained on a sample of pre-Hispanic inhabitants from Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). We observe that trabecular bone mass was normal in the samples from Fuerteventura except for an elderly woman; this result is in sharp contrast with the decreased bone mass observed in the population from Gran Canaria. The pre-Hispanic population from Fuerteventura showed lower bone strontium, Sr/Ca ratio, and bone barium, but slightly higher bone copper, than that from Gran Canaria. All these data indicate a greater consumption of marine products by the population of Fuerteventura. The high prevalence of osteoporosis observed in the population from Gran Canaria may be interpreted as a consequence of protein-calorie malnutrition, a condition which seemed to be not so prevalent in the population of Fuerteventura. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10553/52302 | ISSN: | 0048-9697 | DOI: | 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00717-8 | Source: | Science of the Total Environment[ISSN 0048-9697],v. 264, p. 215-220 |
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