Most current data, as of 7 Sept 2000, on the human osteology from the 1999 emergency recovery at the mass burial site at the Mountain Meadows Massacre Site.

• Misc. Fragments not identifiable by element-
• Long Bone and Rib Fragments: 1330
• Irregular bone fragments: 70

Indeterminate (non-diagnostic) bone fragments: 3537 (These are mostly very small fragments that can not be identified)

The following are numbers for whole and fragmentary identifiable elements-

• Cranial-Mandible: 20
• Maxilla: 36
• Temporal: 35
• Frontal: 18
• Occipital: 37
• Parietal: 100+
• Sphenoid: 65
• Nasal: 5
• Zygomatic: 5
• Indeterminate vault fragments: 300+
• Loose teeth: 151
• Crania greater than 50% reconstructed: 5
• Crania less than 50% reconstructed: 9
• Post Cranial (all elements exclusive of the skull)-
• Scapula: 73
• Clavicles: 28
• Humerus: 75
• Ulna: 39
• Radius: 40
• Hand bones: 22
• Vertebrae: 124
• Ribs: 259
• Inomminate (Pelvis): 51
• Sacrum: 1
• Femur: 76
• Tibia: 57
• Fibula: 40
• Indeterminate long bones: 246

Demographics-

Minimum number of individuals (MMI): Based on cranial - 21

Based on post cranial - 28

Eighteen discrete individuals identified and partially reconstructed

Sub-adults or children: 4

Young adults: 11

Older adults: 3

Sex: 10 males, 2 probable males, 2 females, 4 individuals of indeterminate sex

Stature (average): Males 5'5" (164.6cm), Females 4'11" (148.0cm)

Perimortem trauma: 17 individuals exhibit violent trauma (13 cases of cranial trauma)

6 crania exhibit gunshot entrance wounds

2 crania exhibit gunshot exit wounds

6 crania exhibit blunt force trauma


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