Enfermedad y estatus social: un caso de treponematosis infantil en un entierro Preclásico del valle de Maltrata, Veracruz, México

  1. Judith Ruiz González Sánchez 1
  2. Carlos Serrano Sánchez 1
  3. Yamile Lira López 2
  4. Ma. Paz de Miguel Ibáñez 3
  1. 1 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Ciudad de México, México

    ROR https://ror.org/01tmp8f25

  2. 2 Universidad Veracruzana
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    Universidad Veracruzana

    Xalapa, México

    ROR https://ror.org/03efxn362

  3. 3 Universitat d'Alacant
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    Universitat d'Alacant

    Alicante, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05t8bcz72

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Journal:
Revista de Arqueología Americana

ISSN: 2663-4066,  0188-3631

Year of publication: 2023

Issue: 41

Pages: 443-474

Type: Article

DOI: 10.35424/REARAM.I41.3650 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

This work provides the paleopathological examination of a child burial explored in the archaeological locality of Barriales de las Besanas, in the Maltrata Valley, Veracruz, dated to the Middle Preclassic, 600-450 BC. The osteopathological features recorded through an assessment Gross and radiographic analysis suggest a treponematosis condition, particularly congenital syphilis. The archaeological context of this burial, on the other hand, shows evidence of a distinguished treatment, indicative of a high social rank, which would account for the care offered to the patient and his survival until second childhood. The differential diagnosis of the case studied is compatible with congenital syphilis, which would be the oldest case reported so far in Mesoamerica.

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