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

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Table 16. Health Indicators on Formally Buried Remains and Remains Found in Abandonment Contexts, Sand Canyon Pueblo

Health Indicator

Formally Buried Remains

Abandonment-Context Remains

Porotic hyperostosis

0% (0 of 6 assessable)

42% (5 of 12 assessable)

Periosteal reactions

22% (2 of 9 assessable)

19% (4 of 21 assessable)

Caries

25% (1 of 4 assessable)

56% (9 of 16 assessable)

Enamel hypoplasia

50% (3 of 6 assessable)

79% (11 of 14 assessable)

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