Recent advances in palaeopathology and the study of past societies in Argentina, southern South America

In October 2011, the symposium ‘Contributions of Palaeopathology to the Study of Past Human Societies’ was organized by the authors as part of the Xth Meeting of the Biological Anthropology Society of Argentina, La Plata, Argentina. The aim of the symposium was to present multidisciplinary population studies, which broadly included current theoretical and methodological perspectives. In this issue of Anthropological Science, two of the investigations presented at the symposium are included as full articles.Fil: Luna, Leandro Hernan. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Museo Etnográfico "Juan B. Ambrosetti"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Suby, Jorge Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Paleontológicas del Cuaternario Pampeano. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Paleontológicas del Cuaternario Pampeano; Argentin