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Brief communication: The Granada osteological collection of identified infants and young children
Author(s) -
Alemán Inmaculada,
Irurita Javier,
Valencia Alba R.,
Martínez Argia,
LópezLázaro Sandra,
Viciano Joan,
Botella Miguel C.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.22165
Subject(s) - osteology , biological anthropology , geography , sample (material) , bioarchaeology , anthropology , archaeology , demography , sociology , chemistry , chromatography
The objective of this study is to present the characteristics of a collection of identified infants and young children housed in the Laboratory of Anthropology of the University of Granada, Spain. The sample, which is still being enlarged, is currently composed of 230 complete skeletons aged from 5 months of gestation to 8 years, with a majority below 1 year. It mainly dates from the mid‐20th century. The state of preservation is very good, and antemortem information is available from burial and death certificates, among other documents. Our sample makes an important contribution to the relatively few collections available in the world for investigating the osteological development of the skeletons of infants and young children from a physical anthropological perspective. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.