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Table 2. North American material with firm dating in excess of 6500 radiocarbon years B.P. (uncorrected) 



Note: The age range and sample sizes are listed when possible 

 a. Date in radiocarbon years B.P. 



OSTEOLOGICAL MATERIAL 



Few large samples of human skeletal material earlier than 

 6500 B.P. have been recovered from New World deposits 

 (Table 2). Therefore, the Windover collection provides an 

 opportunity for detailed analysis of such a population. Data 

 currently being obtained includes general nonnietric, metric 

 and morphological features, disease morbidity, age, sex and 

 other paleodemographic features. The abundant subadult 

 material (52%) provides an excellent opportunity lor the 

 study of growth and development in this population. 



Some initial data on the skeletal materia! has been re- 

 ported. Preliminary evidence for nutritional/metabolic stress 

 based on transverse lines, cribra orbitalia, enamel defects 

 and cranial hyperostosis has recently been summarized 

 (Dickel 1986). Interproximal grooves have been described 

 and compared to similar dental modifications found in other 

 prehistoric populations (Dickel in press). A case of severe 

 lumbar spina bifida aperta complicated by scoliosis has also 

 been reported (Dickel 1987; Dickel and Doran 1989). This 

 case shows strong evidence of sensory loss in the lower limbs 

 including the loss of the distal tibia due to a massive infec- 

 tious lesion. 



Zagreb Paleopalhulnny Symp. I9IIH 



