The Tabor Hill Ossuaries

Description: 

Two ossuaries containing the remains of 213 individuals show no marked divergence from the Iroquois pattern as regards either the skeletal elements or the method of burial. The sex distribution of crania was 27 males to 50 females, or 75 males to 138 females of the recovered sample. This differential in the sex ratio may have been caused by the failure of hunting or war parties to retrieve all of the bodies of those who met their deaths some distance from home. Map. Schematic. Tables. Line graph. Bibliography.

Protocol: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access
Community: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
Category: 
Anatomy, Anthropology, Death, Miscellaneous, Tribal Actions
Original Date: 
1960
Creator: 
Salazar Mallen, M, Arias, T
Language: 
English
Rights: 
Records indicate that the UNM Health Sciences Library owns a copy of this item, but there may be a need to clear rights with a copyright holder prior to sharing with the public.
Source: 
Gac Med Mex; Churcher, CS; Kenyon, WA. The Tabor Hill ossuaries: a study in Iroquois demography. Hum Biol 1960 September;32:249-73.
Identifier: 
9902669
Subject: 
Age Determination By Skeleton, Bone and Bones, Burial, Demography, Mortuary Practices, Skeleton, Statistics, Tables
Type: 
Monograph