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DOI	10.1002/ajpa.24155
	Five thousand years of bellyaches: Exploring boron concentration in ancient populations of the Atacama Desert
	Arriaza, Bernardo; Blumenstiel, David; Amarasiriwardena, Dulasiri; Standen, Vivien G.; Vizcarra, Arnoldo
通讯作者	Arriaza, B
来源期刊	AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
ISSN	0002-9483
EISSN	1096-8644
英文摘要	Objectives This study explores whether ancient Atacama Desert populations in northern Chile were exposed to endemic boron contamination. Materials and methods Using Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), we studied 144 strands of ancient mummy hair, ranging from 3000 B.C. to 1500 A.D., excavated from the Lluta, Azapa, and Camarones valleys in northern Chile. We tested whether these ancient populations showed signs of significant boron concentration in hair tissue. Results On average, all individuals from these valleys showed high boron concentrations, ranging from 1.5 to 4 times above the average boron concentration in contemporary hair (baseline <0.85 mu g/g). The boron concentration in mummy hair varied according to the main geographic areas mentioned above. Conclusions The rivers of northern Chile have high geogenic boron concentrations. They contain 38 times above the recommended limit for human consumption. Geogenic boron contamination likely played a role in population morbidity and the types of crops that were cultivated in antiquity. The ancient populations were chronically affected by boron overexposure, suggesting that ancient geogenic water contamination should be considered when discussing the biocultural trajectories of ancient populations.
英文关键词	Andean mummies boron ecotoxicity LA-ICP-MS natural contamination
类型	Article ; Early Access
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000575014300001
WOS关键词	DRINKING-WATER ; EXPOSURE ; LLUTA ; HAIR ; DISPOSITION ; RESOURCES ; LITHIUM ; NORTH
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/328314
作者单位	[Arriaza, Bernardo; Vizcarra, Arnoldo] Univ Tarapaca, Inst Alta Invest, Antofagasta 1520, Arica, Chile; [Blumenstiel, David; Amarasiriwardena, Dulasiri] Hampshire Coll, Sch Nat Sci, Amherst, MA 01002 USA; [Standen, Vivien G.] Univ Tarapaca, Dept Antropol, Arica, Chile
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Arriaza, Bernardo,Blumenstiel, David,Amarasiriwardena, Dulasiri,et al. Five thousand years of bellyaches: Exploring boron concentration in ancient populations of the Atacama Desert[J].
APA	Arriaza, Bernardo,Blumenstiel, David,Amarasiriwardena, Dulasiri,Standen, Vivien G.,&Vizcarra, Arnoldo.
MLA	Arriaza, Bernardo,et al."Five thousand years of bellyaches: Exploring boron concentration in ancient populations of the Atacama Desert".AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY