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Genetic and other diseases in the pottery of Tumaco‐La Tolita culture in Colombia–Ecuador
Author(s) -
Bernal JE,
Briceno I
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1399-0004
pISSN - 0009-9163
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2006.00670.x
Subject(s) - pottery , mucopolysaccharidosis i , ethnology , history , geography , medicine , ancient history , disease , genealogy , pathology , enzyme replacement therapy
The people of Tumaco‐La Tolita culture inhabited the borders of present‐day Colombia and Ecuador. Already extinct by the time of the Spaniards arrival, they left a huge collection of pottery artifacts depicting everyday life; among these, disease representations were frequently crafted. In this article, we present the results of the personal examination of the largest collections of Tumaco‐La Tolita pottery in Colombia and Ecuador; cases of Down syndrome, achondroplasia, mucopolysaccharidosis I H, mucopolysaccharidosis IV, a tumor of the face and a benign tumor in an old woman were found. We believe these to be among the earliest artistic representations of disease.