Table 19.2. Results of Stable Isotope Analysis

Site Name, Burial Number (age at death, sex if known) N 13C 15N
Roy's Ruin, Burial 1 (7 ± 2 years) 1 -6.7 8.0
Troy's Tower, Burial 1 (25-30 years, female) 1 -6.9 9.3
Lester's Site, Burial 1 (4 ± 1 year) 1 -8.1 10.0
Lookout House, Burial 1 (50+, male) 1 -8.1 10.1
Castle Rock Pueblo, Burial 2 (subadult) 1 -6.9 8.8
Castle Rock Pueblo, Burial 2 (adult) 1 -8.1 10.2
Castle Rock Pueblo, Burial 3 (adult) 1 -7.4 8.8
Castle Rock Pueblo, Burial 3 (adult) 1 -7.5 8.0
Site Testing Program mean (N = 8) -7.4 ± 0.6 9.1 ± 0.8
Sand Canyon Pueblo mean (N = 20) -6.7 ± 0.4 9.6 ± 0.3

SOURCE: Sand Canyon data are from Katzenberg (1992b).