The Skeleton of an Elderly Woman from the Crow Creek Site and its Implications for Paleodemography
- 1 May 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Plains Anthropologist
- Vol. 31 (112) , 141-152
- https://doi.org/10.1080/2052546.1986.11909327
Abstract
The skeleton of an elderly woman, excavated from a mound near the Crow Creek Village (39BF11), is described. From all indications, the skeleton is the oldest individual reported of the thousands of skeletons recovered from archaeological sites in the Middle Missouri region. Based on this skeleton, and ethnohistoric and other evidence, it appears that elderly individuals have either not been recovered archaeologically, hence are underenumerated, or have been recovered but underaged. The results of underenumeration and underageing of these elderly individuals on the life table approach to paleodemography are explored. Underageing has relatively little influence on the resulting life table, but under-enumeration may have a pronounced effect.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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