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[Appendix B] Human skeletal remains from Amapa: Description

archaeology of amapa, nayaritLos AngelesPublished In 1976 • Pages: 182-186

By: Bernor, Raymond L..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Bernor discusses ten of the burials found at Amapa. He discusses what was found, their condition, age, gender, mutilations, and pathologies. For the bibliographic references see Meighan (1976), document no. 3.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Anthropometry
Morbidity
Mortality
Burial practices and funerals
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
West Mexico Postclassic
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2001
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Middle America and the Caribbean
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Central Mexico
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Archaeologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Sarah Berry ; 1999
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Amapa; Nayarit, Mexico
NotesAdditional notes
by Raymond L. Bernor
Bibliographical references are found in NU76 - 3:Meighan (p. 299-306)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
76018607
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities