%0 Journal Article
%T Patrones geogr¨¢ficos de diferenciaci¨®n craneofacial entre poblaciones de la regi¨®n central del pa¨ªs y otras de Argentina: aportes desde la gen¨¦tica del paisaje
%A Mariana Fabra
%J Revista del Museo de Antropologia
%D 2008
%I Museo de Antropologia
%X In this study we analyze the patterns of spatial variation of a population sample from the pre-Hispanicinhabitants of the central territory of Argentina (C¨®rdoba and San Luis provinces) archaeologically known as Sierras Centrales , and 13 other samples from different ecological and geographical regions from Argentina.Additionally, we searched for the existence of genetic barriers in the geographic landscape. The study is based on10 craniometric measurements. Results from principal component analysis reveal that the pre-Hispanic inhabitantsof the Central Mountains of Argentina were biologically more related to the Patagonian groups than to thenortheast, central western and northwestern populations. Monmonier`s algorithm reveals that the pre-Hispanicinhabitants of the Central Mountains of Argentina were biologically more related to the Patagonian groups thanto the central and northern populations. These results support our hypothesis that the peopling of the centralregion of Argentina most likely took place as a migratory wave proceeding from the northeast, and continuedsouthward to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego.
%K South America
%K peopling
%K craniometrics
%K genetic structure
%K genetic barriers
%K Monmonier¡®s algorithm
%U http://publicaciones.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/8/5