Skeletal vs mummified populations in the protohistory of Tenerife

• Conrado Rodríguez-Martín ^[1] ; Mercedes Martín-Oval ^[2]
  1. [1] Instituto Canario de Bioantropología
  2. [2] Museo Arqueológico de Tenerife
• Localización: Canarias Arqueológica: Arqueología-Bioantropología, ISSN 1888-4059, Nº. 22, 2021 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Symposium in memoriam Arthur C. Aufderheide the scientist, the friend ( 1922-2013)), págs. 67-79
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Since the discovery of Guanche mummies by t he Europeans after the conquest of the island in 1496, these remarkable specimens attracted a large number of scholars.

    So, it is not strange that the chroniclers and early historians wrote about them, describing the mummification method and the social status of the individuals (the elite). In this paper, we try to stablish differences between the skeletal (represented by a large number of remains) and mummified (a much smaller group) populations from different points of view: number of individuals, demographic data of both populations, physical data, physical activities, dietary patterns, metabolic stress markers, pathology (skeletal and dental), etc.