book chapter
A biocultural approach to human burials from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Branch of Cultural Research, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service • (9) • Published In 1986 • Pages: xvi, 215
By: Akins, Nancy J..
Abstract
Akins analyzed the human remains from Chaco Canyon that have been excavated since 1890. She visited many of the collections including ones at the Field Museum in Chicago, the National Museum in Washington, D.C., the American Museum of Natural History in New York, the Peabody Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Arizona State University in Tempe from 1977 to 1981. Akins discusses how the burials were excavated, the problems with the data base, the biological characteristics of the collection, and the health of the population such as can be seen from the skeletal remains. Comparisons are made between the great house and small-site residents.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2012
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Physical Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2011
- Field Date
- not specified
- Coverage Date
- 1500-700 BP (AD 500-1300)
- Coverage Place
- Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, United States
- Notes
- Nancy J. Akins
- Title on added t.p.: Human burials from Chaco Canyon
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-202) and index
- LCCN
- 86603125
- LCSH
- Chaco culture--Anthropometry
- Chaco culture--Funeral customs and rites
- Paleopathology--New Mexico--Chaco Canyon
- Pueblo Indians--Antiquities
- Chaco Canyon (N.M.)--Antiquities
- New Mexico--Antiquities