Crow Creek Bone Bed Commingling: Relationship Between Bone Mineral Density and Minimum Number of Individuals and Its Effect on Paleodemographic Analyses

摘要: A skeletal series exhibiting many of the complexities associated with cases commingled remains, including numerous individuals and incomplete element representation, comes from Crow Creek Site, South Dakota. Prior research on adult materials assessed relationship between bone mineral density representation (Willey et al. 1990; Galloway Human densities survival elements: contemporary sample. In Haglund & Sorg (Eds.), Forensic taphonomy: The postmortem fate human remains (pp. 295–317). Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1997). present study, we expand upon previous work incorporate subadult in an attempt to show that age is correlated survival. Altogether, this study consists 25,963 segments. segments represent a total 2,286 elements. results demonstrate paleodemographic profile any has potential for bias when one ignores BMD Because elements have higher than elements, denser larger greater likelihood being represented. Therefore, tend be biased favor authors chapter outline substantial impact MNI estimations reconstructions involving series.