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

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Table 7. Frequencies of Adolescent Remains in Selected Southwestern Archaeological Assemblages

Assemblage

Sample Size

No. of Adolescents

Percent of Adolescents

Source

Mesa Verde

202

50

25

Bennett 1975*1:7

Grasshopper Pueblo

608

36

6

Hinkes 1983*1:Table 1

Yellow Jacket sites 5MT1 and 5MT3

67a

8

12

Karhu 2000*1:Appendix A

Sand Canyon Pueblo (all human remains occurrences)

32

10

31

Kuckelman and Martin, this chapter

Sand Canyon Pueblo (formal burials only)

9

2

22

Kuckelman and Martin, this chapter

Sand Canyon Pueblo (abandonment contexts only)

23

9

39

Kuckelman and Martin, this chapter

NOTE: “Adolescent” is an individual aged 12 to 20 years.
a Individuals dating from the Pueblo III period only.

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