Congenital diseases in Tenerife's northwestThe case of anemia

  1. Rodríguez-Martín, C. 1
  2. Martín-Oval, M. 2
  3. Martín-Rodríguez, A.J. 2
  4. Cuellas-Arroyo, J.A 3
  5. del-Arco-Aguilar, M. 1
  6. Rosario-Adrián, M.C 1
  7. Jover-Sagarra, S. 4
  1. 1 Museo Arqueológico de Tenerife
  2. 2 Instituto Canario de Bioantropología, O.A.M.C.
  3. 3 Instituto Nacional de Toxicología y Ciencias Forenses
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    Instituto Nacional de Toxicología y Ciencias Forenses

    Las Rozas de Madrid, España

  4. 4 VITHAS. Hospital Santa Cruz
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Revista:
Canarias Arqueológica: Arqueología-Bioantropología

Año de publicación: 2021

Título del ejemplar: Symposium in memoriam Arthur C. Aufderheide the scientist, the friend ( 1922-2013)

Número: 22

Páginas: 527-540

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Traditionally, anemia has been diagnosed in paleopathology by the presence of cribotic lesions (cribotic syndrome) in the orbital root (cribra orbitalia), the external surface of the skull vault (porotic hyperostosis) and t he upper metaphyses of t he long bones (cribra femorii, cribra humerii and, even, cribra f¡buloe). Apart of anemia, other causes for these lesions have been argued ( chronic infections, parasitism, malnutrition, etc). During the prehispanic period ofTenerife (before 1496), only less than 15 cases in a collection of 2000 individuals show these lesions. However, since the late 17th and 18th centuries somet hing changed in the northwestern area of the island and the frequency of the cribotic lesions selected for this study ( cribra orbitalia, porotic hyperost osis and cribra femorii) increased in an astonishing way. Description of the lesions, distribution by age, differential diagnosis and possible causes are discussed in this paper.

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