"Human Skeletal Remains," by Cynthia S. Bradley

Table 1. Biological Data for Human Remains Occurrences 1–5, Yellow Jacket Pueblo

Age and Sex

HRO No.

Age Categorya

Age Estimate(years)

Sex

1

adolescent

15–20

female?

2

adult

 

ind

3

young adult

 

ind

4

infant

 

ind

5

young adult

 

ind

Skeletal Indicators of Health

HRO No.

Dental Enamel Hypoplasia (deciduous)

Dental Enamel Hypoplasia (permanent)

Infectious Caries and Abcesses

Periostitis

Porotic Hyperostosis

Other Lesions

Stunting

Concurrent Indicators

1

na

p

a

a

p

p

a

a

2

na

ind

ind

ind

ind

ind

ind

ind

3

na

p

a

ind

ind

a

ind

ind

4

ind

ind

ind

a

ind

a

ind

ind

5

na

p

a

a

ind

a

ind

ind

Skeletal Damage

HRO No.

Burning

Fractures and Other Injuries

Osteoarthritis

Occupational Markers

1

a

p

a

ind

2

a

ind

ind

ind

3

a

a

ind

ind

4

a

a

na

na

5

a

a

a

ind

Skeletal Evidence of Relatedness

HRO No.

Artificial Cranial Deformation

Congenital Defects

Nonmetric Traits

1

ind

ind

ind

2

ind

ind

ind

3

ind

ind

ind

4

ind

ind

ind

5

ind

ind

ind

NOTES: All HROs reported in this table were less than 25 percent observable. The biological data for HRO 6 are not included in this table, because this concentration of remains derived from at least four individuals. The data for HRO 6 are instead included in the table of isolated human bone (Table 2).

HRO = Human Remains Occurrence; ind = indeterminate; na = not applicable; a = absent; p = present.

a
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; juvenile = 0 to 20 years; adult = 20+ years.

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