Comparative Analysis of Pathological and Ontogenetic Variation within Archaeological Macaw and Turkey Assemblages Using Micro-CT Data

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This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This paper presents the utility of computer tomography (CT) data and the VolumeGraphics StudioMax software program for digital reconstruction in aiding zooarchaeological analyses. A wide range of archaeological specimens of captive macaws from the US Southwest and captive turkeys from across central and southern Mexico were selected for CT scanning, with the goal of identifying and evaluating osteological patterning representative of population demographics and husbandry techniques. This paper presents this comprehensive collection of avian skeletal data and demonstrates how this technology enabled the assessment of morphological variation between individuals within and between sites, age determination, and the detection of osteological traces linked to sex, health conditions, traumatic events, and human rehabilitation.

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• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 40337.0