Physical anthropology of the Lenape or Delawares, and of the eastern Indians in general
A systematic osteological study examines skeletal material from a Munsee cemetery and additional eastern indigenous crania, recording excavation context, age and sex estimates, pathological conditions, and occurrences of artificial deformation. The report provides detailed cranial and postcranial descriptions, standardized measurements and indices, dental observations, and noted anomalies, illustrated with plates and comparative tables. Analyses address skull shape, facial proportions, limb morphology, stature relationships, and peculiar skeletal features, and an appendix compares Iroquois and closely related eastern crania. The focus is descriptive anatomy and measurable variation rather than cultural narrative.
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A systematic osteological study examines skeletal material from a Munsee cemetery and additional eastern indigenous crania, recording excavation context, age and sex estimates, pathological conditions, and occurrences of artificial deformation. The report provides detailed cranial and postcranial descriptions, standardized measurements and indices, dental observations, and noted anomalies, illustrated with plates and comparative tables. Analyses address skull shape, facial proportions, limb morphology, stature relationships, and peculiar skeletal features, and an appendix compares Iroquois and closely related eastern crania. The focus is descriptive anatomy and measurable variation rather than cultural narrative.
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