PALEOPATHOLOGIES OF THE MINE CANYON SITE: A PUEBLO III COMMUNITY ON THE B-SQUARE RANCH, FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO Elizabeth Morgan Adams Please be advised.

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PALEOPATHOLOGIES OF THE MINE CANYON SITE: A PUEBLO III COMMUNITY ON THE B-SQUARE RANCH, FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO Elizabeth Morgan Adams Please be advised that this presentation contains images of human skeletal remains.

THE SAMPLE: MINE CANYON SITE PUEBLO III (AD ) Total Skeletal Sample:44 Number identifiable to sex: – Females(n=9) – Males(n=6) – Unknown Sex(n=29)

TRAUMA AND ACTIVITY RELATED ANOMALIES Impact trauma Anomalies related to repetitive lifting/carrying motions Artificial cranial deformation Bone robusticity

IMPACT TRAUMA Pathology Present Pathology Absent Females (n=9) 1 (11%)8 (88%) Males (n=6) 06 (100%) Unknown Sex (n=29) 1 (3%)28 (97%)

TRAUMA TO A CLAVICLE: BURIAL Z; FEMALE AGED YEARS

LIFTING AND CARRYING STRESS Pathology PresentPathology Absent Female Vertebral Sample (n=8) 3 (38%)5 (62%) Male Vertebral Sample (n=4) 04 (100%) Vertebral Sample of Unknown Sex (n=17) 1 (6%)16 (94%)

ARTIFICIAL CRANIAL DEFORMATION Pathology PresentPathology Absent Female Crania Sample (n=5) 4 (80%)1 (20%) Male Crania Sample (n=4) 2 (50%) Cranial Sample of Unknown Sex (n=14) 6 (43%)8 (57%)

BONE ROBUSTICITY Pathology PresentPathology Absent Female Humerus Sample (n=6) 4 (67%)2 (33%) Male Humerus Sample (n=5) 1 (20%)4 (80%) Humerus Sample of Unknown Sex (n=11) 2 (18%)9 (82%)

TRAUMATIC VERSUS NONTRAUMATIC PATHOLOGIES TraumaNon-Trauma (Activity Related Anomalies) Females (n=9) 111 Males (n=6) 03 Unknown Sex (n=29) 19

SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA OF THE SACRUM Pathology PresentPathology Absent Female Sacral Sample (n= 6) 1 (17%)5 (83%) Male Sacral Sample (n=2) 1 (50%) Sacrum of Unknown Sex (n=7) 07 (100%)

EXAMPLE OF OSTEOPHYTE DEVELOPMENT ON THE VERTEBRA Ortner, Donald J. and Walter G.J. Putschar 1985Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remains. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.

OSTEOARTHRITIS Pathology PresentPathology Absent Female Vertebral Sample (n=8) 7 (88%)1 (11%) Male Vertebral Sample (n=4) 2 (50%)

GENERAL INFECTIONS Pathology PresentPathology Absent Female Crania Sample (n=5) 1 (20%)4 (80%) Male Crania Sample (n=4) 04 (100%) Crania of Unknown Sex (n=14) 2 (14%)12 (86%)

EXAMPLE OF CRIBRA ORBITALIA: BURIAL ZC2

CRIBRA ORBITALIA Pathology PresentPathology Absent Female Crania Sample (n=5) 1 (20%)4 (80%) Male Crania Sample (n=4) 1 (25%)3 (75%) Crania of Unknown Sex (n=14) 014 (100%)

EXAMPLE OF DENTAL PATHOLOGIES: BURIAL M, FEMALE AGED YEARS

EXAMPLE OF EAR EXOSTOSES Ortner, Donald J. and Walter G.J. Putschar 1985Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remains. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.

SUMMARY AND COMPARISON SiteReferencesTemporal Span of Site Sample Number Mine Canyon Site Wheelbarger (2004) Durand (2007) Cline (2007) DeBoer and Tykot (2007) Enright (2007) Fuhrman (2007) Greene (2007) Snow, Durand, and Smith (2007) P III44 La Plata Valley Martin, Akins, Goodman, Toll, Swedlund (2001) P II – P III67

LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH Mine Canyon SiteLa Plata Valley 29.1 years24.5 years

INFECTIOUS DISEASE FREQUENCIES MINE CANYON SITE Frequency Subadult (n= 12) 0 (0%) Adult (n=28) 3 (11%) LA PLATA VALLEY Frequency Subadult (n= 17) 5 (29.4%) Adult (n=28) 7 (25%)

FREQUENCIES OF POROTIC HYPEROSTOSIS (Adams, 2007; Martin et al., 2001) SiteFrequency Mine Canyon Site (PIII)8.6% La Plata Valley (PII-PIII)45.2% Canyon de Chelly (PII-PIII)55.1% Chaco Canyon (PII-PIII)71.8% Mesa Verde (PII-PIII)59.0%

PATTERNS OF TRAUMA IN THE LA PLATA VALLEY Cranial TraumaPost Cranial Trauma Cranial and Post Cranial Traumas Coinciding Males X Females XXX

COMPARISON Mine Canyon Site Longer life expectancy Infectious disease nearly absent in observable sample Porotic hyperostosis uncommon Trauma infrequently observed La Plata Valley Lower life expectancy Infectious disease mild, but fairly common Porotic hyperostosis prevelant Differential patterns in trauma between sexes

CONCLUDING REMARKS

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