Unit 14_BG28_Demography & Paleopathology

Pueblo Grande demography/paleopathology data sets are by burial group (BG) under each project heading. If the burial group for a feature is unknown, the data are identified only at the project area or stripping area level. Data contained include age, sex, stature, and presence/absence of various indicators of stress and infectious disease listing elements affected. Stature estimates (when preservation allowed for measurements of femur and/or tibia length) were calculated using corrected regression formulae (del Angel and Cisneros, 2004) originally derived by Genoves (1967). Indication of presence/absence of some diseases (e.g., scurvy, rickets, tuberculsosis, coccidioidomycosis, treponematosis) is followed by presence/absence information of specific skeletal indicators associated with that disease (e.g., bowed long bones, vertebral lytic lesions, caries sicca). This particular data set is for BG 28, which includes information on 48 burial features. del Angel A, Cisneros HB. 2004. Technical note: modification of regression equations used to estimate stature in Mesoamerican skeletal remains. Am J Phys Anthropol 125:264-265. Genoves S. 1967. Proportionality of long bones and their relationship to stature among Mesoamericans. Am J Phys Anthropol 26:67-77.普韦布洛格兰德（Pueblo Grande）的人口统计学（demography）与古病理学（paleopathology）数据集，均按各项目标题下的墓葬组（burial group，简称BG）分组管理。若某遗迹的墓葬组信息未知，则仅按项目区域或揭地区（stripping area）层级进行标注。 数据集涵盖的信息包括年龄、性别、身高，以及各类应激与传染病指标的有无情况，并列出受累骨骼元素。 当遗骸保存状况允许测量股骨（femur）和/或胫骨（tibia）长度时，身高估算值采用经修正的回归公式（regression formulae）计算得出（del Angel与Cisneros，2004），该公式最初由Genoves于1967年推导得出。 部分疾病（如坏血病（scurvy）、佝偻病（rickets）、肺结核（tuberculosis）、球孢子菌病（coccidioidomycosis）、密螺旋体病（treponematosis））的有无标注后，会附带该疾病相关的特定骨骼病变指标的有无信息，例如长骨弯曲（bowed long bones）、椎体溶骨性损害（vertebral lytic lesions）、干性龋（caries sicca）。 本数据集针对BG 28墓葬组，共包含48处墓葬遗迹的相关信息。 参考文献： del Angel A, Cisneros HB. 2004. 技术简报：中美洲骨骼遗骸身高估算用回归方程的修正. 美国体质人类学杂志125:264-265. Genoves S. 1967. 中美洲人群长骨比例及其与身高的关系. 美国体质人类学杂志26:67-77.