Genetic and other diseases in the pottery of Tumaco-La Tolita culture in Colombia-Ecuador

被引:26
作者
Bernal, J. E. [1 ]
Briceno, I. [1 ]
机构
[1] Pontificia Univ Javeriana, Inst Genet Humana, Fac Med, Bogota, Colombia
关键词
pottery; genetic disease;
D O I
10.1111/j.1399-0004.2006.00670.x
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The people of Tumaco-La Tolita culture inhabited the borders of present-day Colombia and Ecuador. Already extinct by the time of the Spaniards arrival, they left a huge collection of pottery artifacts depicting everyday life; among these, disease representations were frequently crafted. In this article, we present the results of the personal examination of the largest collections of Tumaco-La Tolita pottery in Colombia and Ecuador; cases of Down syndrome, achondroplasia, mucopolysaccharidosis I H, mucopolysaccharidosis IV, a tumor of the face and a benign tumor in an old woman were found. We believe these to be among the earliest artistic representations of disease.
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页码:188 / 191
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