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A Comment on Mobley's “Demographic Structure of Pecos Indians”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Ann M. Palkovich
Ann M. Palkovich*
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
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Abstract

Further consideration of the Pecos data reveals two important limitations to paleodemographic reconstruction. First, a significant bias in the age profile of the ceramically dated portion of the skeletal sample raises doubts about the suitability of these data for diachronic studies. Second, Ruff has shown that the original adult ages given for Pecos were systematically overestimated. This biases the age profile and variously affects life table values.

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American Antiquity , Volume 48 , Issue 1 , January 1983 , pp. 142 - 147
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1983

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