DIET OF THE BLUFF DWELLERS OF THE OZARK MOUNTAINS AND ITS SKELETAL EFFECTS

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Article1 April 1936DIET OF THE BLUFF DWELLERS OF THE OZARK MOUNTAINS AND ITS SKELETAL EFFECTSE. G. WAKEFIELD, M.D., SAMUEL C. DELLINGERE. G. WAKEFIELD, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, SAMUEL C. DELLINGERSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-9-10-1412 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn another study we presented data on the diseases of bone which were prevalent among an ancient primitive race of people who inhabited the shelters of the bluffs in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas and Missouri. The period of their occupation, from whence they came, or where they went are questions which cannot be answered. The absence of smooth stone or iron gadgets among their burial effects is mute evidence that they lived in ancient times and that they were very primitive people. Whether they lived twenty, thirty, or more centuries ago is irrelevant in this study.In making a...Bibliography1. MOODIE RL: Roentgenologic studies of Egyptian and Peruvian mummies. (Anthropology, memoirs.) Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Vol. III, 1931, 66 pp. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Rochester, MinnesotaFayetteville, Arkansas*Research Series No. 411. Received for publication Jan. 6, 1936.From the Division of Medicine, The Mayo Clinic, and the Department of Zoölogy, University of Arkansas. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMiddle Holocene menus: dietary reconstruction from coprolites at the Connley Caves, Oregon, USAEdible Insects and Their Uses in North America; Past, Present and FutureDiscovery of colon contents in a skeletonized burial: Soil sampling for dietary remainsDietary and Parasitological Analysis of Coprolites Recovered from Mummy 5, Ventana Cave, ArizonaPaleoethnobotany in American ArchaeologyThe steroids of 2000-year-old human coprolitesSurvival properties of organic residues through the human digestive tractBiological and Cultural Evidence from Prehistoric Human CoprolitesBibliography of american archaeological plant remainsThe digestive qualifications of man 1 April 1936Volume 9, Issue 10Page: 1412-1418KeywordsBoneDietRacial and ethnic issues ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1936 PDF downloadLoading ...