"Human Skeletal Remains," by Cynthia S. Bradley

Table 3. Representation of Human Skeletal Elements, Yellow Jacket Pueblo

Number of Bones or Bone Fragments Present

Total

Skeletal Element

HRO 1

HRO 2

HRO 3

HRO 4

HRO 5

HRO 6a

Isolated Elements

N

%

Cranial bones

14

1

4

2

0

0

1

22

6

Mandible

0

0

1

0

1

2

2

6

2

Tooth

14

1

15

0

11

2

47

90

25

Clavicle

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

<1

Scapula

0

0

0

1

2

2

0

5

1

Sternum

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

2

<1

Rib

13

2

19

4

8

1

11

58

16

Vertebra

4

1

12

0

7

6

7

37

10

Sacrum

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

<1

Coccyx

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

2

<1

Os coxa

1

0

1

0

1

2

1

6

2

Humerus

0

1

0

0

1

3

0

5

1

Radius

2

0

1

1

1

2

0

7

2

Ulna

2

1

2

0

1

0

0

6

2

Carpal

0

0

1

0

1

0

1

3

<1

Metacarpal

1

0

1

0

0

0

4

6

2

Hand phalanx

0

0

5

0

0

2

14

21

6

Femur

0

0

0

0

1

4

1

6

2

Patella

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Tibia

0

1

0

0

0

3

2

6

2

Fibula

0

1

0

0

2

1

1

5

1

Tarsal

0

2

1

0

0

0

2

5

1

Metatarsal

0

0

0

3

0

1

4

8

2

Foot phalanx

0

0

0

0

0

3

1

4

1

Indeterminate

0

25

17

0

0

3

1

46

13

TOTAL

51

36

81

11

40

37

102

358

100

HRO = Human Remains Occurrence.

aIncludes skeletal remains from at least four individuals.

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