| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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| Record Type | Bone specimen |
| Type of Specimen | modern wild individual |
| Locality | Sierra del Aconquija |
| Province | Catamarca |
| Country | Argentina |
| Other Geographic Note | >3500 m.a.s.l., eastern slope of Nevados del Aconquija |
| Setting (modern specimen) | wild free-ranging |
| Name (modern specimen) | N/A |
| Date (modern specimen) | 2007 |
| Repository name | reference collection of the Laboratorio de Zooarqueología y Tafonomía de Zonas Áridas (LaZTA, IDACOR, CONICET-UNC) |
| Repository location | Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina |
| Repository web page | N/A |
| Camelid individual identification code (modern individuals only) | CMACLGu11 |
| Camelid individual identification alternative code | N/A |
| Camelid individual identification extra information | N/A |
| Skeletal element identification code | TId 52 |
| Skeletal element alternative code | N/A |
| Skeletal element extra information | N/A |
| Scientific name | Lama guanicoe |
| ID method | comparison to reference collections, morphology of lower incisors |
| Common name | guanaco |
| Subspecies / type | N/A |
| Age of individual | 3-4 years old |
| Age criteria / sources | bone fusion, tooth eruption/wear (Kaufmann 2009, Puig & Monge 1983) |
| Sex of individual | male |
| Sex criteria / sources | innominate, upper incisors and canines (Kaufmann 2009) |
| Element | Tibia |
| Element extra information | N/A |
| Element segment | complete |
| Element side | right |
| Fusion status of element | Fused |
| Age of element | 3-4 years old |
| Age of element criteria/sources | bone fusion (Kaufmann 2009) |
| Sex of element | N/A |
| Sex of element criteria/sources | N/A |
| Bone conditions met? | True |
| Bone condition - extra information | N/A |
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| Bibliography - references cited and others |
Driesch, A. Von den 1976. A guide to the measurement of animal bones from archaeological sites. Peabody Museum Bulletins (1). Harvard University, Boston.
Kaufmann, C. 2009. Estructura de edad y sexo en guanaco. Estudios actualísticos y arqueológicos en Pampa y Patagonia. Sociedad Argentina de Antropología, Buenos Aires. Kent, J. 1982 The Domestication and Exploitation of the South American Camelids: Methods of Analysis and their Application to Circum-lacustrine Archaeological Sites in Bolivia and Peru. Tesis doctoral inédita. Depto. de Antropología, Washington Universidad St. Louis, Missouri, pp.626. Mengoni Goñalons, G. L. & D. C. Elkin 2021. Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) osteometric data from an individual from Northwest Argentina. Released: 2021-09-15. Open Context. (http://opencontext.org/projects/01860ee9-6fb6-4e71-8958-113fb852c850) Mondini, M. & A. S. Muñoz 2017. Osteometrics of South-Central Andean wild camelids: New standards. In: Zooarchaeology in the Neotropics; Environmental Diversity and Human-Animal Interactions (ed. by M. Mondini, A. S. Muñoz & P. M. Fernández), pp. 177-188. Springer, Cham. Puig, S. & S. Monge. 1983. Determinación de la edad en Lama guanicoe (Muller). Deserta 7: 246-270. |
| Comments | digital caliper: TESA IP65, resolution = 0,01 mm, accuracy = 0,02 mm |
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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| Mengoni Goñalons & Elkin (2021): TIB1 | |
| Measurement system | Mengoni Goñalons & Elkin (2021) |
| Measurement code | TIB1 |
| Measurement name | Greatest length |
| Measurement description | Taken proximo-distally using as a baseline the line formed by the tangent to the sagittal, most proximal spines of the lateral and medial condyles and measuring distally to the most distal point on the bone, in projection |
| Mengoni Goñalons & Elkin (2021): TIB1 (mm) | 280.25 |
| Measurement range (+/-) | N/A |
| Instrument used | osteometric board |
| Measurement times | 4 |
| Measurement observers | 2 |
| Measurement error sources | inter-observation variation ≤3% |
| Reference(s) or unpublished | Mondini & Muñoz (2017) |
| Mengoni Goñalons & Elkin (2021): TIB2 | |
| Measurement system | Mengoni Goñalons & Elkin (2021) |
| Measurement code | TIB2 |
| Measurement name | Maximum breadth of proximal end |
| Measurement description | Taken medio-laterally with measuring scale parallel to the medio-lateral plane |
| Mengoni Goñalons & Elkin (2021): TIB2 (mm) | 64.18 |
| Measurement range (+/-) | N/A |
| Instrument used | digital calliper 0.01 precision |
| Measurement times | 4 |
| Measurement observers | 2 |
| Measurement error sources | inter-observation variation ≤3% |
| Reference(s) or unpublished | Mondini & Muñoz (2017) |
| Mengoni Goñalons & Elkin (2021): TIB3 | |
| Measurement system | Mengoni Goñalons & Elkin (2021) |
| Measurement code | TIB3 |
| Measurement name | Breadth of distal end |
| Measurement description | Taken medio-laterally using as a base-line the line formed by the tangent to the lateral points on the plantar and dorsal edges of the epiphyseal zone where the lateral malleolus articulates with the tibia. One then measures medially to the most medial point of the epiphyseal plate on the medial surface |
| Mengoni Goñalons & Elkin (2021): TIB3 (mm) | 44.3275 |
| Measurement range (+/-) | N/A |
| Instrument used | digital calliper 0.01 precision |
| Measurement times | 4 |
| Measurement observers | 2 |
| Measurement error sources | inter-observation variation ≤3% |
| Reference(s) or unpublished | Mondini & Muñoz (2017) |
| Mengoni Goñalons & Elkin (2021): TIB4 | |
| Measurement system | Mengoni Goñalons & Elkin (2021) |
| Measurement code | TIB4 |
| Measurement name | Width of distal epiphysis |
| Measurement description | Taken dorso-plantarly using as a base-line the line formed by the tangent to the two most dorsal prominences at the level of the epiphyseal plate on the dorsal surface and measuring plantarly to the most plantar point on the plantar surface on the epiphyseal plate |
| Mengoni Goñalons & Elkin (2021): TIB4 (mm) | 27.6175 |
| Measurement range (+/-) | N/A |
| Instrument used | digital calliper 0.01 precision |
| Measurement times | 4 |
| Measurement observers | 2 |
| Measurement error sources | inter-observation variation ≤3% |
| Reference(s) or unpublished | Mondini & Muñoz (2017) |
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Has anatomical identification
Vocabulary: Open Context Zooarchaeology Annotations |
tibia
Vocabulary: UBERON (Uber Anatomy Ontology) Open Context References: tibia |
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Vocabulary: Food Ontology |
Lama guanicoe
Vocabulary: Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - Species Open Context References: Lama guanicoe |
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Vocabulary: CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM) |
animal material
Vocabulary: Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus Open Context References: animal material |
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Spatial Coverage
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South America
Vocabulary: GeoNames Open Context References: South America |
Suggested Citation
Mariana Mondini, A. Sebastián Muñoz. (2025) "Bone TId 52 from Americas/Argentina/Catamarca/Sierra del Aconquija/Ind CMACLGu11". In Osteometric Database of South American Camelids. Mariana Mondini, G. Lorena L'Heureux, Carlos R. Belotti López de Medina, Sarah Whitcher Kansa (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/ef7dfe08-b963-498f-bf6c-5133424c7cd6> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2dv2002p
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