"Human Skeletal Remains," by Cynthia S. Bradley

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Table 4. Completeness of Human Skeletal Elements, Yellow Jacket Pueblo

Percent Complete

<25

25–75

>75

Total (N)

Summary

Total number of teeth

7

9

74

90

Total number of bones

154

56

58

268

Total number of elements

161

65

132

358

Per Bone

Cranial bones

11

4

7

22

Mandible

4

1

1

6

Clavicle

1

 

 

1

Scapula

5

 

 

5

Sternum

2

 

 

2

Rib

40

15

3

58

Vertebra

17

14

6

37

Sacrum

1

 

 

1

Coccyx

1

 

1

2

Os coxa

   Ilium

3

 

1

4

   Pubis

1

1

 

2

Humerus

   Shaft with epiphysis

1

1

1

3

   Epiphysis

1

1

 

2

Radius

   Shaft with epiphysis

2

 

3

5

   Epiphysis

 

2

 

2

Ulna

   Shaft with epiphysis

2

 

3

5

   Epiphysis

1

 

 

1

Carpal

 

2

1

3

Metacarpal

1

1

4

6

Hand phalanx

1

4

16

21

Femur

   Shaft with epiphysis

3

2

 

5

   Epiphysis

1

 

 

1

Tibia

   Shaft with epiphysis

6

 

 

6

Fibula

   Shaft with epiphysis

2

3

 

5

Tarsal

 

3

2

5

Metatarsal

1

2

5

8

Foot phalanx

 

 

4

4

Indeterminate fragments

46

 

 

46

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