Arthur C. Aufderheide

A 1,500-Year-Old Bladder Stone

A calcium oxalate calculus was found in the anatomically normal bladder of a 1,500-year-old native American male mummy from the Northeastern Arizona Basketmaker cultural group. Results of analysis by chemical, optical, spectrographic and x-ray diffraction methods are listed and compared to several other reported prehistoric uroliths.

Punctured Human Bones of the Laurel Culture from Smith Mound Four, Minnesota

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Preserved human remains from the southern region of the North American continent: Report of autopsy findings

Autopsies were performed in six naturally mummified bodies from the southern area of North America. The cause of death was established with reasonable certainty in two (abdominal stab wound and sand pneumoconiosis); was somewhat speculative in one (atelectasis secondary to bronchial obstruction by an aspirated tooth); and was undetermined in three. The value of such studies is discussed, and the synergistic effect of interdisciplinary contributions is emphasized.

Laurel culture human remains from Smith Mounds three and four

Lanalyse des restes humains de Smith Mounds Three and Four, dans le nord du Minnesota, permet de dater ces tertres laureliens autour de 95 av. J.-C. Le faible nombre de restes de femmes et denfants de moins de 3 ans suggere quils ont probablement ete enterres ailleurs. Les traces de pratiques rituelles montrent des crânes dou loccipital a ete enleve, de longs os perces, des marques de coupures, et la presences docres rouges. Les transformations pathologiques des os suggere un etat maladif, des infections, des traumatismes, des maladies degeneratives, et des anomalies congenitales