Cremated Human Remains from Point of Pines, Arizona: A New Approach
- 1 October 1967
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 32 (4) , 498-506
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2694077
Abstract
The traditional approaches of comparative human osteology have proven largely unsatisfactory in attempts to determine biological relationships among human populations which cremated their dead. However, one category of information, that of discrete traits or skeletal anomalies, has been largely ignored. Cremations from Point of Pines, Arizona, were analyzed to determine if this kind of information, along with that usually sought from skeletal material, could be obtained in sufficient quantity to make comparative biological studies feasible. The results were encouraging, but they indicate that extraordinary care will be required in the future excavation and storage of cremated material.Keywords
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