Human Skeletal Remains
by Kristin A. Kuckelman and Debra L. Martin
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Table 6. Percentages of Subadult Remains in Selected Southwestern Archaeological Assemblages
Assemblage Sample Size Percent of Subadultsa Percent of Subadults < 5 Years Old Source
Point of Pines 428 41 31 Bennett 1973*2, after Hinkes 1983*1
Pecos Pueblo 587 30 16 Goldstein 1963*1, after Hinkes 1983*1
Mesa Verde 202 40 12 Bennett 1975*1:7
Grasshopper Pueblo 608 67 75 Hinkes 1983*1:Table 2
UMUILAP 63 46 48 Lambert 1999*1:Table 6.4
Yellow Jacket sites 5MT1 and 5MT3 67b 54 50 Karhu 2000*1:Appendix A
Sand Canyon Pueblo (all human remains occurrences) 32 66 43 Kuckelman and Martin, this chapter
Sand Canyon Pueblo (formal burials only) 9 89 75 Kuckelman and Martin, this chapter
Sand Canyon Pueblo (abandonment contexts only) 23 57 23 Kuckelman and Martin, this chapter
UMUILAP = Ute Mountain Ute Irrigated Lands Archaeological Project.
a Individuals less than or equal to 20 years of age.
b Individuals dating from the Pueblo III period only.

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