"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.

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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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