Introduction The bioarchaeological record of the southern Caribbean reflects a diverse population... more Introduction The bioarchaeological record of the southern Caribbean reflects a diverse population history due to the eventual replacement of founding indigenous groups by European and African populations as a result of colonial incursion and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. This complex history can present problems for proper dispensation of human skeletal remains, particularly those recovered outside the strictures of controlled excavation. In this case study, we examined a collection of unprovenienced skeletal material comprising four individuals of unknown ancestry deriving from a private collection on the island of Mustique in the southern Grenadines supposedly originating from the nearby island of Petite Mustique. Ancestry has been estimated using a combination of craniometrics and dental morphology, using the FORDISC database and the Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System (ASUDAS), respectively. We find that these data do not support Amerindian ancestry for these in...
OBJECTIVE To document and differentially diagnose facial pathology found in an isolated skull fro... more OBJECTIVE To document and differentially diagnose facial pathology found in an isolated skull from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, southeastern Caribbean. To directly date this individual using radiocarbon dating. MATERIALS Isolated skull recovered from Petite Mustique Island. METHODS Describe facial pathology occurring in this individual and compare with known diseases or disease processes that impact the craniofacial complex. RESULTS Features of the rhinomaxillary syndrome are present, indicating a diagnosis of leprosy. Dating places the time of death to the late 18th or early 19th centuries. CONCLUSIONS Analysis of the rhinomaxillary syndrome produces a diagnosis of early-stage leprosy in an individual that correlates with the apparent attempt to locate a leprosarium on Petite Mustique Island in the first decade of the 19th century. SIGNIFICANCE Location and time corroborate historical records of at least one attempt to locate a leprosarium on Petite Mustique Island. Only directly dated individual with leprosy in the western hemisphere and possibly the earliest yet recorded. LIMITATIONS This is an isolated find that is archaeologically unprovenienced. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH Professional archaeological survey of Petite Mustique.
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Current archaeological evidence from Palau in western Micronesia indicates that the archipelago w... more Current archaeological evidence from Palau in western Micronesia indicates that the archipelago was settled around 3000–3300 BP by normal sized populations; contrary to recent claims, they did not succumb to insular dwarfism. BACKGROUND: Previous and ongoing archaeological research of both human burial and occupation sites throughout the Palauan archipelago during the last 50 years has produced a robust data set to test hypotheses regarding initial colonization and subsequent adaptations over the past three ...
Abstract Human skeletal remains have been discovered from a variety of contexts in the Palauan ar... more Abstract Human skeletal remains have been discovered from a variety of contexts in the Palauan archipelago of western Micronesia. These include caves, rockshelters, earthen mounds, stone platforms, midden burials, crypts, sarcophagi, and historic period gravesites. Recent excavation of a prehistoric cemetery in a rockshelter on Orrak Island dating from ca 1000 BC–AD 200, combined with nearly contemporaneous surface finds in caves on both Orrak and other nearby islands, shed light on the earliest known burial practices in Palau. ...
Abstract Continued excavation in 2007 of the early (ca. 2000–3000 calBP) cemetery at Chelechol ra... more Abstract Continued excavation in 2007 of the early (ca. 2000–3000 calBP) cemetery at Chelechol ra Orrak in Palau, Micronesia revealed the remains of at least six individuals, adding to a minimum number of at least 25 other mostly fragmented individuals recovered in previous years. Of particular interest was the discovery of two isolated adult partial crania one of which, when emptied of sandy matrix, was found to contain a complete child's frontal bone. Here we explore the possibility that the placement of the skulls, particularly the ...
To document and differentially diagnose facial pathology found in an isolated skull from St. Vinc... more To document and differentially diagnose facial pathology found in an isolated skull from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, southeastern Caribbean. To directly date this individual using radiocarbon dating. Materials: Isolated skull recovered from Petite Mustique Island. Methods: Describe facial pathology occurring in this individual and compare with known diseases or disease processes that impact the craniofacial complex. Results: Features of the rhinomaxillary syndrome are present, indicating a diagnosis of leprosy. Dating places the time of death to the late 18th or early 19th centuries. Conclusions: Analysis of the rhinomaxillary syndrome produces a diagnosis of early-stage leprosy in an individual that correlates with the apparent attempt to locate a leprosarium on Petite Mustique Island in the first decade of the 19th century. Significance: Location and time corroborate historical records of at least one attempt to locate a leprosarium on Petite Mustique Island. Only directly dated individual with leprosy in the western hemisphere and possibly the earliest yet recorded. Limitations: This is an isolated find that is archaeologically unprovenienced. Suggestions for further research: Professional archaeological survey of Petite Mustique.
Tooth impactions and other positional anomalies are commonly encountered in clinical situations b... more Tooth impactions and other positional anomalies are commonly encountered in clinical situations but are much less frequently seen in, or reported from, prehistoric archaeologically derived contexts. This report examines the occurrence of two positional anomalies, lower first molar impaction and upper canine labial ectopic eruption, in a single individual from the Ancestral Pueblo Gallina Phase (1100-1275 AD) of northern New Mexico. Although outwardly dissimilar, appearing as they do in different tooth classes and both the mandible and maxilla, their underlying similarity implies a common etiology. The co-occurrence of these anomalies presents an opportunity to explore the etiological basis of positional anomalies and possibly provide some insight into the very early stages of dental morphogenesis.
Introduction The bioarchaeological record of the southern Caribbean reflects a diverse population... more Introduction The bioarchaeological record of the southern Caribbean reflects a diverse population history due to the eventual replacement of founding indigenous groups by European and African populations as a result of colonial incursion and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. This complex history can present problems for proper dispensation of human skeletal remains, particularly those recovered outside the strictures of controlled excavation. In this case study, we examined a collection of unprovenienced skeletal material comprising four individuals of unknown ancestry deriving from a private collection on the island of Mustique in the southern Grenadines supposedly originating from the nearby island of Petite Mustique. Ancestry has been estimated using a combination of craniometrics and dental morphology, using the FORDISC database and the Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System (ASUDAS), respectively. We find that these data do not support Amerindian ancestry for these in...
OBJECTIVE To document and differentially diagnose facial pathology found in an isolated skull fro... more OBJECTIVE To document and differentially diagnose facial pathology found in an isolated skull from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, southeastern Caribbean. To directly date this individual using radiocarbon dating. MATERIALS Isolated skull recovered from Petite Mustique Island. METHODS Describe facial pathology occurring in this individual and compare with known diseases or disease processes that impact the craniofacial complex. RESULTS Features of the rhinomaxillary syndrome are present, indicating a diagnosis of leprosy. Dating places the time of death to the late 18th or early 19th centuries. CONCLUSIONS Analysis of the rhinomaxillary syndrome produces a diagnosis of early-stage leprosy in an individual that correlates with the apparent attempt to locate a leprosarium on Petite Mustique Island in the first decade of the 19th century. SIGNIFICANCE Location and time corroborate historical records of at least one attempt to locate a leprosarium on Petite Mustique Island. Only directly dated individual with leprosy in the western hemisphere and possibly the earliest yet recorded. LIMITATIONS This is an isolated find that is archaeologically unprovenienced. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH Professional archaeological survey of Petite Mustique.
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Current archaeological evidence from Palau in western Micronesia indicates that the archipelago w... more Current archaeological evidence from Palau in western Micronesia indicates that the archipelago was settled around 3000–3300 BP by normal sized populations; contrary to recent claims, they did not succumb to insular dwarfism. BACKGROUND: Previous and ongoing archaeological research of both human burial and occupation sites throughout the Palauan archipelago during the last 50 years has produced a robust data set to test hypotheses regarding initial colonization and subsequent adaptations over the past three ...
Abstract Human skeletal remains have been discovered from a variety of contexts in the Palauan ar... more Abstract Human skeletal remains have been discovered from a variety of contexts in the Palauan archipelago of western Micronesia. These include caves, rockshelters, earthen mounds, stone platforms, midden burials, crypts, sarcophagi, and historic period gravesites. Recent excavation of a prehistoric cemetery in a rockshelter on Orrak Island dating from ca 1000 BC–AD 200, combined with nearly contemporaneous surface finds in caves on both Orrak and other nearby islands, shed light on the earliest known burial practices in Palau. ...
Abstract Continued excavation in 2007 of the early (ca. 2000–3000 calBP) cemetery at Chelechol ra... more Abstract Continued excavation in 2007 of the early (ca. 2000–3000 calBP) cemetery at Chelechol ra Orrak in Palau, Micronesia revealed the remains of at least six individuals, adding to a minimum number of at least 25 other mostly fragmented individuals recovered in previous years. Of particular interest was the discovery of two isolated adult partial crania one of which, when emptied of sandy matrix, was found to contain a complete child's frontal bone. Here we explore the possibility that the placement of the skulls, particularly the ...
To document and differentially diagnose facial pathology found in an isolated skull from St. Vinc... more To document and differentially diagnose facial pathology found in an isolated skull from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, southeastern Caribbean. To directly date this individual using radiocarbon dating. Materials: Isolated skull recovered from Petite Mustique Island. Methods: Describe facial pathology occurring in this individual and compare with known diseases or disease processes that impact the craniofacial complex. Results: Features of the rhinomaxillary syndrome are present, indicating a diagnosis of leprosy. Dating places the time of death to the late 18th or early 19th centuries. Conclusions: Analysis of the rhinomaxillary syndrome produces a diagnosis of early-stage leprosy in an individual that correlates with the apparent attempt to locate a leprosarium on Petite Mustique Island in the first decade of the 19th century. Significance: Location and time corroborate historical records of at least one attempt to locate a leprosarium on Petite Mustique Island. Only directly dated individual with leprosy in the western hemisphere and possibly the earliest yet recorded. Limitations: This is an isolated find that is archaeologically unprovenienced. Suggestions for further research: Professional archaeological survey of Petite Mustique.
Tooth impactions and other positional anomalies are commonly encountered in clinical situations b... more Tooth impactions and other positional anomalies are commonly encountered in clinical situations but are much less frequently seen in, or reported from, prehistoric archaeologically derived contexts. This report examines the occurrence of two positional anomalies, lower first molar impaction and upper canine labial ectopic eruption, in a single individual from the Ancestral Pueblo Gallina Phase (1100-1275 AD) of northern New Mexico. Although outwardly dissimilar, appearing as they do in different tooth classes and both the mandible and maxilla, their underlying similarity implies a common etiology. The co-occurrence of these anomalies presents an opportunity to explore the etiological basis of positional anomalies and possibly provide some insight into the very early stages of dental morphogenesis.
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