Death, Decay and Reconstruction

A detailed study which attempts to reconstruct a demographic profile of the populations of Wisconsin's Effigy Mound Culture (AD 650-1200) based on the osteological analysis of 402 skeletons recovered from twenty different mound sites. The book also contains a thorough analysis of the pathological conditions of the remains and an investigation of the correlation between disposal types and age and sex. Includes a lengthy catalogue of the skeletal material.