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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Record Type Bone specimen
Type of Specimen modern domestic individual
Locality Tilcara
Province Jujuy
Country Argentina
Other Geographic Note N/A
Setting (modern specimen) domestic in captivity (e.g., zoo)
Name (modern specimen) Instituto Interdisciplinario de Tilcara / Museo Etnográfico J. B. Ambrosetti, Proyecto Yocavil
Date (modern specimen) 1988
Repository name Instituto de las Culturas (IDECU)
Repository location Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Repository web page N/A
Camelid individual identification code (modern individuals only) PAY1050
Camelid individual identification alternative code N/A
Camelid individual identification extra information N/A
Skeletal element identification code PAY1050.014
Skeletal element alternative code N/A
Skeletal element extra information N/A
Scientific name Lama glama
ID method N/A
Common name llama
Subspecies / type N/A
Age of individual 9 years old
Age criteria / sources Recorded while alive
Sex of individual female
Sex criteria / sources N/A
Element Humerus
Element extra information N/A
Element segment complete
Element side right
Fusion status of element Fused
Age of element 9 years old
Age of element criteria/sources N/A
Sex of element female
Sex of element criteria/sources N/A
Bone conditions met? True
Bone condition - extra information N/A
Author Belotti López de Medina, C. R.
Institutional Affiliation IDECU (UBA, CONICET)
Bibliography - references cited and others Kent, J. K. (1982) The Domestication and Exploitation of the South American Camelids: Methods of Analysis and their Application to Circum-lacustrine Archaeological Sites in Bolivia and Peru . Phd Thesis, St. Louis, Washington University.Ms.
Comments N/A
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Kent (1982): HUM148
Measurement system Kent (1982)
Measurement code HUM148
Measurement name Proximal end breadth
Kent (1982): HUM148 (mm) 62.8
Measurement range (+/-) N/A
Instrument used manual calliper
Measurement times 2
Measurement observers 1
Kent (1982): HUM149
Measurement system Kent (1982)
Measurement code HUM149
Measurement name Diaphyseal breadth at level of deltoid tuberosity
Kent (1982): HUM149 (mm) 40.1
Measurement range (+/-) N/A
Instrument used manual calliper
Measurement times 2
Measurement observers 1
Kent (1982): HUM150
Measurement system Kent (1982)
Measurement code HUM150
Measurement name Distal end breadth
Kent (1982): HUM150 (mm) 50.1
Measurement range (+/-) N/A
Instrument used manual calliper
Measurement times 2
Measurement observers 1
Kent (1982): HUM151
Measurement system Kent (1982)
Measurement code HUM151
Measurement name Distal condyla breadth
Kent (1982): HUM151 (mm) 45.3
Measurement range (+/-) N/A
Instrument used manual calliper
Measurement times 2
Measurement observers 1
Kent (1982): HUM152
Measurement system Kent (1982)
Measurement code HUM152
Measurement name Breadth of caput humeri
Kent (1982): HUM152 (mm) 40.1
Measurement range (+/-) N/A
Instrument used manual calliper
Measurement times 2
Measurement observers 1
Kent (1982): HUM153
Measurement system Kent (1982)
Measurement code HUM153
Measurement name Diagonal width of proximal end
Kent (1982): HUM153 (mm) 69.1
Measurement range (+/-) N/A
Instrument used manual calliper
Measurement times 2
Measurement observers 1
Kent (1982): HUM154
Measurement system Kent (1982)
Measurement code HUM154
Measurement name Width of diaphysis at height of deltoid tuberosity
Kent (1982): HUM154 (mm) 39.8
Measurement range (+/-) N/A
Instrument used manual calliper
Measurement times 2
Measurement observers 1
Kent (1982): HUM155
Measurement system Kent (1982)
Measurement code HUM155
Measurement name Maximum diagonal width of caput humeri
Kent (1982): HUM155 (mm) 43.3
Measurement range (+/-) N/A
Instrument used manual calliper
Measurement times 2
Measurement observers 1
Kent (1982): HUM156
Measurement system Kent (1982)
Measurement code HUM156
Measurement name Width of distal end, medial side
Kent (1982): HUM156 (mm) 45.1
Measurement range (+/-) N/A
Instrument used manual calliper
Measurement times 2
Measurement observers 1
Kent (1982): HUM157
Measurement system Kent (1982)
Measurement code HUM157
Measurement name Width of distal end, lateral side
Kent (1982): HUM157 (mm) 41.3
Measurement range (+/-) N/A
Instrument used manual calliper
Measurement times 2
Measurement observers 1
Kent (1982): HUM158
Measurement system Kent (1982)
Measurement code HUM158
Measurement name Greatest length
Kent (1982): HUM158 (mm) 234.5
Measurement range (+/-) N/A
Instrument used osteometric board
Measurement times 2
Measurement observers 1
Kent (1982): HUM159
Measurement system Kent (1982)
Measurement code HUM159
Measurement name Greatest length from caput humeri
Kent (1982): HUM159 (mm) 224.5
Measurement range (+/-) N/A
Instrument used osteometric board
Measurement times 2
Measurement observers 1
Kent (1982): HUM160
Measurement system Kent (1982)
Measurement code HUM160
Measurement name Lateral inter-epiphysis length
Kent (1982): HUM160 (mm) 187.0
Measurement range (+/-) N/A
Instrument used osteometric board
Measurement times 2
Measurement observers 1
Kent (1982): HUM161
Measurement system Kent (1982)
Measurement code HUM161
Measurement name Lateral length from proximal epiphysis
Kent (1982): HUM161 (mm) 212.0
Measurement range (+/-) N/A
Instrument used osteometric board
Measurement times 2
Measurement observers 1
Kent (1982): HUM162
Measurement system Kent (1982)
Measurement code HUM162
Measurement name Distal epiphyseal breadth
Kent (1982): HUM162 (mm) 49.0
Measurement range (+/-) N/A
Instrument used manual calliper
Measurement times 2
Measurement observers 1
Kent (1982): HUM163
Measurement system Kent (1982)
Measurement code HUM163
Measurement name Distal epiphyseal width
Kent (1982): HUM163 (mm) 30.5
Measurement range (+/-) N/A
Instrument used manual calliper
Measurement times 2
Measurement observers 1
Suggested Citation

Carlos R. Belotti López de Medina. (2026) "Bone PAY1050.014 from Americas/Argentina/Jujuy/Tilcara/Ind PAY1050". In Osteometric Database of South American Camelids. Mariana Mondini, G. Lorena L'Heureux, Carlos R. Belotti López de Medina, Sarah Whitcher Kansa (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/52ab365c-0cb9-493b-acff-42495c506cb8> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2jh40d14

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