Biodistance Analysis via Dental Phenotypic Diversity in Early Collective Burials at Cerro Juan Diaz, Panama (30-650 CE) [Analisis de Biodistancia Mediante la Diversidad Fenotipica Dental en los Entierros Colectivos Tempranos del Cerro Juan Diaz, Panama (30-650 EC)].

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Burial space reuse and prolonged interaction with the dead were common practices in the Isthmo-Colombian Area, dating back to at least the Early Ceramic Period in the Greater Coclé region. However, biological and social relationships of individuals interred in collective burial contexts remain unclear. Here, we explore intra-cemetery biological variation through a biological distance analysis of individuals interred in large mortuary features from the first mortuary horizon at the site of Cerro Juan Díaz in Panamá.

Materials and methods

Individuals recovered from Features 2, 16, and 94 from Operation 3 at Cerro Juan Díaz were assessed for dental metric and nonmetric traits. Biological distances were calculated through Gower coefficients and subsequently assessed v

SUBMITTER: Smith-Guzman NE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11660533 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature