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

Table 14. Comparison of Average Stature Among Selected Prehistoric Southwestern Populations

Assemblage

Male (cm)

Female (cm)

Source

UMUILAP

160

151

Lambert 1999*1:Table 6.9

La Plata

161

152

Yellow Jacket sites 5MT1 and 5MT3a

161

152

Karhu 2000*1:Appendix C

Black Mesa (late)

163

153

Arroyo Hondo (Component I)

164

156

Chaco Canyon

164

157

Sand Canyon Pueblo

166b

156

Kuckelman and Martin, this chapter

Pueblo Bonito

166

156

NOTE: Assemblages date from approximately A.D. 900 to 1350.
UMUILAP = Ute Mountain Ute Irrigated Lands Archaeological Project.
a Individuals dating from the Pueblo II and Pueblo III periods only.
b One individual only.

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