Ancient Mounds At Floyd, Iowa

file type icon 9900253
Description: 

Remains of five human bodies in a good state of preservation were found. Could be a family burial, death having been due to an epidemic or sacrifice. Graphic of a lateral and a frontal view of a skull.

People: 
American Indian
Location Description: 

Iowa IA

Protocol: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access
Community: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
Category: 
Anatomy, Anthropology, Death, Lab Procedures
Original Date: 
1889
Creator: 
Webster, C.L.
Language: 
English
Rights: 
This item is in the Public Domain
Source: 
American Anthropologist; Webster, CL. Ancient mounds at Floyd, Iowa. Am Naturalist 1889;23:185-88.
Identifier: 
9900253
Subject: 
Biometry, Bone and Bones, Burial, Crania, Skull
Type: 
Monograph