Human Skeletal Remains
by Kristin A. Kuckelman and Debra L. Martin

Back

Table 4. Fewest Number of Individuals Represented in the Scattered Remains, Sand Canyon Pueblo

Individual

PD

FS

PL

Study Unita

Context

Element(s)

Age Categoryb

Age Estimate

1

33

17

Tower 101

wall fall

rib fragments

child

2

74

10

Kiva 107

refuse construction fill below floor

tibia

adult

3

126

95

Kiva 1206

roof fall

metatarsal

176

20

Room 1219

cultural deposit, type unknown; below roof fall

thoracic vertebra

4

182

19

Room 1205

wall fall/roof fall

temporal fragment

infant

5

215

19

23

Kiva 208 (Database Map 4071)

roof fall

cranial fragment

215

104

Kiva 208

roof fall

metacarpal

269

18

62

Kiva 208 (Database Map 4073)

near floor

triquetral

269

21

118

Kiva 208 (Database Map 4073)

near floor

metacarpals, capitate

adult

269

42

60

Kiva 208 (Database Map 4073)

near floor

hyoid

271

8

Kiva 208

vent tunnel roof fall

cervical vertebra

adult

91

36

Room 202

below wall fall

temporal

adult

200

26

3

Room 205 (Database Map 4064)

near floor

metacarpal

6

239

23

Arbitrary Unit 1216

wall fall

rib, long bone fragment, metatarsal

239

39

1

Arbitrary Unit 1216

wall fall

cuboid

239

40

Arbitrary Unit 1216

wall fall

ulna fragment and long bone shaft fragments

adult

7

410

7

9

Room 514 (Database Map 4114)

wall fall/roof fall

ulna fragment

adult

410

16

Room 514

wall fall/roof fall

ulna fragment and hallux phalanx

adult

8

788

22

5

Kiva 1004

below roof fall

mandible fragment

child

5 yrs

9

984

7

Great Kiva 800

wall fall

cranial fragments

984

31

20

Great Kiva800

wall fall

femur shaft fragment

1159

45

21

Room 809

wall fall/roof fall

patella

10

1007

3

Great Kiva 800

postabandonment sediments below wall fall

humerus

infant or child

11

1059

2

14

Room 1504 (Database Map 4219)

wall fall/roof fall

humerus fragment

adult

1059

3

13

Room 1504 (Database Map 4219)

wall fall/roof fall

one-half mandible

adult

1188

10

Room 1511

wall fall

calcaneus fragment

adult

1187

19

Room 1512

wall fall/roof fall

metatarsal

1196

2

Kiva 1502

wall fall

femur fragments, misc. shaft fragments

1396

34

Room 1509

below wall fall/roof fall

talus

adult

1257

80

Room 1519

secondary refuse

os coxa fragment

adult

1257

81

Room 1519

secondary refuse

os coxa fragment

adult

12

1293

37

Kiva 1502

roof fall

cranial fragments

infant

NOTES: Most of the scattered bones found at the site (Table 3) could have come from one of the individuals represented in the Human Remains Occurrences (Table 2) or could be additional bones from one of the individuals listed in this table. All elements in this table were found in abandonment contexts, except for the adult tibia (PD 74, FS 10); this individual died during the occupation of the village.
PD = Provenience Designation; FS = Field Specimen; PL = Point Location.
a The map number given in parentheses after selected study unit designations in this column are linked to digital maps showing the locations of isolated human bone.
b Age categories are defined as follows (from Buikstra and Ubelaker 1994*1): fetal = before birth; infant = birth to 3 years; child = 3 to 12 years; adolescent = 12 to 20 years; young adult = 20 to 35 years; middle adult = 35 to 50 years; old adult = 50+ years; subadult = 0 to 20 years; adult = 20+ years.

Copyright © 2007 by Crow Canyon Archaeological Center. All rights reserved.