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Abstract
The study of labor related diseases provides bioarchaeologists with the ability to try to better understand the social structure of a past community. In this study, I will present findings on a sample of 33 individuals from Urcuquí, Ecuador from the Integration Period (), to gain a better understanding of how much labor affected the people. To do so, I will evaluate labor-related pathologies, general pathologies, demographic information (age and sex), and any signs of trauma. This research leads to insight into the heterarchical and hierarchical nature of the Urcuquí, and how the people shared labor and reduced their own individual burdens. The data found that the rates of pathologies at Urcuquí were similar to other farming communities and across the sample support the idea of communal labor.