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[Appendix C] Human skeletal remains from Amapa: morphology
archaeology of amapa, nayarit • Los Angeles • Published In 1976 • Pages: 187-200
By: Gill, George W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Gill discusses the morphology of four of the skeletons from Amapa. He also examines the paleopathologies, tooth mutilations, and cranial deformations. These four skeletons are compared with other populations in west Mexico. For the bibliographic references see Meighan (1976), document no. 3.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Anthropometry
- Racial identification
- Morbidity
- 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
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Postclassic
- 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 George W. Gill
- 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