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The Preclassic population of Cuello
cuello : an early maya community in belize • Cambridge [England] • Published In 1991 • Pages: 134-158
By: Saul, Frank P., Saul, Julie Mather.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Saul and Saul examine the skeletal remains from122 Preclassic human burials uncovered at Cuello. The main objective of the study was to determine the state of health of the population. They diagnosed fractures, dental carries and attrition, cranial traumas, arthritis, bone inflammations (associated with syphilis and yaws), head shaping, and lesions of various kinds. Linear enamel hypoplasia is associated with childhood diseases or malnutrition. Lesions in the skull (spongy or hyperostosis cranii) are associated with different kinds of anemia. Ossified subperiostal hemorrhages may indicate vitamin C deficiency. An increasing frequency over time of linear enamel hypoplasia suggests that the overall health and nutritional conditions of the population deteriorated. A high incidence of dental attrition is attributed to the grit in the food resulting from grinding corn with stones. Only six individuals showed signs of head shaping.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Nutrition
- Morbidity
- Mortality
- Bodily injuries
- Burial practices and funerals
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Preclassic Maya
- 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
- Maya Area
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1975-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2900-1900 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cuello, Belize
- NotesAdditional notes
- Frank P. Saul and Julie Mather Saul
- For bibliographical references see document number 9: Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90001858
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas--Antiquities