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INTRODUCTION In the Pacific Northwest of North America, archaeological saImonid remains have great potential to inform on issues of prehistoric cultural use, salmonid paleobiology and past environments. One hindrance to using prehistoric salmonid remains has been the gross level of taxonomic identification generally achieved. Species diagnostic elements are rarely found in archaeological contex...

Achondroplasia among ancient populations of mesoamerica and South America: Iconographic and Archaeological Evidence. Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative 212 ABSTRACT Introduction: Achondroplasia is the most frequent form of short-limb dwarfism. Affected individuals exhibit short stature caused by rhizomelic shortening of the limbs, characteristic facies with ...

Ticks have never been reported in archaeological analyses. Here, we present the discovery of a tick from a coprolite excavated from Antelope Cave in extreme northwest Arizona. Dietary analysis indicates that the coprolite has a human origin. This archaeological occupation is associated with the Ancestral Pueblo culture (Anasazi). This discovery supports previous hypotheses that ticks were a pot...

INTRODUCTION Achondroplasia is the most frequent form of short-limb dwarfism. Affected individuals exhibit short stature caused by rhizomelic shortening of the limbs, characteristic facies with frontal bossing and mid-face hypoplasia, genu varum, and trident hand. Although the etiology of this disease was reported in 1994, evidence of this disease in ancient populations has been found in popula...

The archaeological interpretation of status and power is fraught with a variety of issues. While it is sometimes possible to identify those individuals of highest status – and, presumably, power in the archaeological record, for the most part issues of status and power can become a quagmire for archaeological interpretation. While the verticality of social relationships may sometimes be evident...

This article introduces an alternative positional number system. The advantages of this alternative system over the existing one are discussed, and an illustration of the use of the system to re-interpret apparent errors in ancient archaeological documents is presented.