The study presents the results of a descriptive analysis of the skeletal remains of 66
individuals recovered from the Fuller and Fanning Mound sites, located on the Yamhill River,
Willamette Valley, Oregon, excavated in 1941-42 by W. T. Edmundson and William S.
Laughlin. The literature and original field notes have been analyzed, and a description of burial
type, side, orientation, grave type, associations, original preservation, and other information has
been compiled for each individual. A tally of each of these burial attributes for the Yamhill
population as a whole is also completed. In addition, an assessment of age, sex, and stature, a
series of craniometric measurements, and non-metric traits, a dental analysis, and general
description of obvious pathologic and morphologic condition of each individual and the group
as a whole have been accomplished.
Differences in trade item associations between deformed and non-deformed individuals
suggest either a later arrival of cranial deformation practices (and possibly another cultural
group) to the area, and possibly a multiple occupation of the Fuller and Fanning sites, or an elite
class separation defined in part by artificial deformation of crania. Cranial deformation is also
associated with the frequency of certain cranial discrete traits. Sexual dimorphism was noted in
metric but not in non-metric analyses. Stature estimates indicate a population with mean stature
of 1636-1661 for males, and 1547-1574 for females, typical among prehistoric Oregon
populations. Mortality appears high for infants and adolescents when compared with other
prehistoric North American samples. Dental attrition and caries may indicate a heavier reliance
on plant than on animal foods. Single trait comparison to other regional populations shows
some significant differences and indicates a need for further analysis of biological relationships
using larger comparative samples and multivariate statistics. / Graduation date: 1994
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/36847 |
| Date | 02 February 1994 |
| Creators | Stepp, David |
| Contributors | Hall, Roberta |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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