“…The analysis of bony changes at sites of insertion of muscle and ligaments, normally called enthesopathies or Musculoskeletal Stress Markers (MSM), has been a major focus in this research (e.g. Dutour, 1986;Crubézy, 1988;Kennedy, 1989;Lai and Lovell, 1992;Robb, 1994;Cunha and Umbelino, 1995;Hawkey and Merbs, 1995;Pálfi and Dutour, 1992;Chapman, 1997;Kennedy, 1998;Steen and Lane, 1998;Eshed et al, 2004;Mariotti et al, 2004Mariotti et al, , 2007Rodrigues-Carvalho, 2004;Molnar, 2006;Assis, 2007;AlvesCardoso, 2008;Villotte, 2009b). Several methodological approaches have been developed for the analysis of human skeletal remains from different contexts and chronologies, all aimed at inferring behavior (Crubézy, 1988;Hawkey and Merbs, 1995;Al Oumaoui et al, 2004;Mariotti el al., 2004;Galtés et al, 2006;Villotte, 2006).…”