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The Buhl Burial: A Comment on Green et al.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Walter A. Neves  and
Max Blum
Walter A. Neves
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Estudos Evolutivos Humanos, Institute de BiociSncias, Universidade de Sao Paulo, C.P. 11461, 05422.970 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazilwaneves@ib.usp.br
Max Blum
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Estudos Evolutivos Humanos, Institute de BiociSncias, Universidade de Sao Paulo, C.P. 11461, 05422.970 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazilwaneves@ib.usp.br
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Abstract

Green et al.’s (1998) recent contention that the Buhl Paleoindian craniofacial attributes are similar to other North American Indians and East Asian populations is tested here through a principal components analysis based on 16 cranial measurements. The analysis involved the comparison of the cranial morphology of the Buhl specimen with 26 Howells’ modern populations. We also added to the analysis the craniometric data regarding a firmly established South American Paleoindian skull (Lapa Vermelha IV, Hominid I), that shows craniofacial similarities to Africans and Australians. The results corroborate the ideas presented by Green et al.(1998) and Neves et al.(1998a). They suggest that the Americas were colonized in early times by two different populations, one of generalized sapiens, and another of classic Mongoloids, with a short interval of time between the migratory events.

Resumen

Resumen

La reciente asercíon de Green et al. (1998) de que el cráneo paleoindio de Buhl muestra atributos craneofaciales que son similares a los de otros indios norteamericanos y de poblaciones del Este Asiático se examina aquí a través del método de análisis de Componentes Principales, basado en 16 mediciones craneofaciales. Dicho análisis involucró la comparación de la morfología craneana del espécimen de Buhl con 26 poblaciones modernas de Howells. También fueron incluidos en el análisis los datos pertenencientes a un cráneo sudamericano (Lapa Vermelha TV, Hominido I) firmemente establecido como paleoindio y que muestra atributos craneofaciales similares a los de africanos y australianos. Los resultados confirmaron tanto la idea presentadapor Green et al. (1998) como la de Neves et al. (1998a). Se sugiere por consecuencia que las Américas fueron colonizadas en épocas tempranas por lo menos por dos poblaciones diferentes, una de sapiens generalizados y otra de mongoloides clásicos, con un corto intervalo de tiempo entre ambas migraciones.

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American Antiquity , Volume 65 , Issue 1 , January 2000 , pp. 191 - 193
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 2000

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