Hoyme and Bass] SKELETAL REMAINS 341 



Burial 3 {USNM 380843) .—Female (?), over 26; a semiflexed 

 skeleton in poor condition. Two of the lower ribs show traces of an 

 old healed fracture. The olecranon fossae are perforated. 



Burial 4 {USNM 3808U). — Male, 45-55 years old; a nearly com- 

 plete semiflexed skeleton, found in the same pit with Burial 5. 

 Despite the advanced age of this individual, the teeth show only 

 slight wear (first- to second-degree) ; nevertheless, seven of the molars 

 have been lost, and most of the remaining teeth show caries. Arthritis 

 is confined to the spine, affecting the articular facets of the second 

 and third cervical vertebrae, the cranial and caudal surfaces of the 

 lower neck vertebrae (fourth cervical to first thoracic) ; the costo- 

 vertebral articulations of the eleventh thoracic; and the anterior 

 margins of the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae. There is a small 

 healed lesion near the middle of the right coronal suture, and an old 

 fracture of one of the metacarpal bones which left the thumb deformed 

 when it healed. The origin of the medial head of the gastrocnemius 

 muscle, on both femora, is enlarged and roughened. Near the ankles, 

 the portions of the tibiae and fibulae covered by the interosseous 

 membrane are roughened. In the pelvis, there are accessory sacro- 

 iliac articulations on both right and left, and traces of beginning 

 sacroiliac ankylosis on the right. The angle of the acromion process 

 of the left scapula shows a small foramen. 



Burial 5 {USNM 380845) .—Child, about 8 years old; a well pre- 

 served semiflexed skeleton with burial 4. The skull is long ; the decid- 

 uous molars are only slightly worn, but one is carious. Tlie scapular 

 spines are unusually rough, suggesting inflammatory changes. The 

 articulation of the right ischial and pubic rami is enlarged and the 

 unf used surfaces appear abnormal ; fusion seems to have taken place 

 on the left. The seventh cervical vertebra bears a rib on the left ; and 

 both the anterior and the posterior arches of the atlas have failed to 

 unite in the midline. 



Burial 6, feature 15 {USNM 3808If6) .—M^ile, 25-30 years old; a 

 semiflexed skeleton, complete except for the hands (pi. 99). As one 

 would expect with such a young person, tooth wear is only first to 

 second degree; nevertheless several of the teeth are carious, and 0.5 

 cm. of the roots are exposed — more than three times the normal root 

 exposure for this degree of wear. Aside from this suggestion of 

 dental pathology, the skeleton appears normal. 



Burial 6, feature 25 {USNM 3808^7) .—Msile, over 45 years old; a 

 few postcranial parts only. The tibiae are unusually flattened trans- 

 versely. 



Burial 7. — Female, young ; a poorly preserved semiflexed skeleton ; 

 discarded in the laboratory. 



Burial 8 {USNM 38081^8) .-Yemale, 17-18 years old; a complete 

 extended skeleton. The skull is warped, but appears to have been 



