Analysis of The fluoride Content of Human remains From the Gray site, Saskatchewan
- 16 November 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Plains Anthropologist
- Vol. 31 (114) , 317-328
- https://doi.org/10.1080/2052546.1986.11909347
Abstract
The paper describes a method for sequencing osteological recoveries using F-/P2O5 ratios. The method is applied to a sample of 101 individuals from the Gray site cemetery, southern Saskatchewan. The results, coupled with 14C dates, provide a seriation which may be used to choose future radiocarbon samples, to assess apparent hiatuses in the use of the site, to analyze morphological variation in the skeletal material over time, and to assess the possibility of patterning in burial location.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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