Laurel Culture Human Remains from Smith Mounds Three and Four
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9217709 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Torbenson (0000-0002-8334-7725, University of Chicago), Odin Langsjoen (University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN 558U), Arthur Aufderheide (University of Minnesota) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 150 |
| Pages | 429-444 |
| Publication date | 1994-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Plains Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-0447 • E-ISSN: 2052-546X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/2052546.1994.11931734 |
| OpenAlex | W901844273 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Analysis of the human remains from Smith Mounds Three and Four in northern Minnesota suggests the mounds were built around 95 BC by people of the Laurel Culture. Each episode of burial seemed to have contained the dead from a one-year interval of time. Women and subadults under the age of three were underrepresented in the mound and were presumably inte"ed elsewhere at times. Evidence of mortuary practices includes skulls with occipitals removed, punctured long bones, cut marks, and red ocher. Pathological changes in the bones suggest infection produced significant morbidity. Other pathology resulted from trauma, degenerative joint disease, and congenital abnormalities
Archaeology · Bioarchaeology · Biology · Geography · Human bone · Joint disease · Paleopathology · Pathological · Pathology · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Medicine
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |