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

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 Kiva 800 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.

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