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

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

Pecos Pueblo

587

30

16

Mesa Verde

202

40

12

Grasshopper Pueblo

608

67

75

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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