"Human Skeletal Remains," by Cynthia S. Bradley
Table 7. Indicators of Physiological Stress and Evidence of Skeletal Damage, Yellow Jacket Pueblo | ||||||||
Designation | Skeletal Element | Skeletal Indicators of Health | Skeletal Damage | |||||
Dental Enamel Hypoplasia (systemic) | Periostitis | Porotic Hyperostosis | Other Lesions | Burning | Fractures and Other Injuries | Osteoarthritis | ||
HRO 1 | frontal | mild, localized, active | moderate, healed | possible small, healed depression fracture | ||||
frontal | unhealed cutmarks | |||||||
zygomatic | unhealed cutmarks or abrasions | |||||||
nasal | healed broken nose | |||||||
teeth | moderate | |||||||
radius | button osteoma | minor enthesophyte | ||||||
HRO 3 | teeth | mild | ||||||
HRO 5 | sacrum | moderate porosity, lipping | ||||||
HRO 6, Link 1 (PD 382, FS 2, PL 4) | teeth and mandible | mild | mild, localized, active and healed | |||||
PD 511, FS 2, PL 3 | tooth | mild | ||||||
PD 538, FS 6, PL 6 | tooth root | low intensity | ||||||
PD 538, FS 8, PL 10 | tooth | mild | ||||||
PD 35, FS 38, PL 13 | hand phalanx | osteophytes, moderate | ||||||
PD 60, FS 21, PL 4 | hand phalanx | osteophytes, mild | ||||||
PD 432, FS 48 | vertebra | osteophytes, mild | ||||||
PD 480, FS 18 | hand phalanx | osteophytes, mild | ||||||
PD 512, FS 2 | hand phalanx | osteophytes, mild | ||||||
HRO = Human Remains Occurrence; PD = Provenience Designation; FS = Field Specimen; PL = Point Location. | ||||||||
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