. Bioarchaeology of the late prehistoric Guale : South End Mound I, St. Catherines Island, Georgia. Guale Indians; Human remains (Archaeology); Human skeleton; Paleopathology; Indians of North America; Mounds; Excavations (Archaeology). 12 ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY NO. 84 Unit B8 South Profile. I • /'. ? '; /; ; Undisturbed Mound Fill /.• * '• .• /' /; '. '. - ? r v r v ' \> Unit B8 Plan View Fig. 4. Excavation unit B8 showing extent of Moore's excavation. The southeast corner of the unit is mottled fill from Moore's excavation pit, contrasting with the undis
. Bioarchaeology of the late prehistoric Guale : South End Mound I, St. Catherines Island, Georgia. Guale Indians; Human remains (Archaeology); Human skeleton; Paleopathology; Indians of North America; Mounds; Excavations (Archaeology). 12 ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY NO. 84 Unit B8 South Profile. I • /'. ? '; /; ; Undisturbed Mound Fill /.• * '• .• /' /; '. '. - ? r v r v ' \> Unit B8 Plan View Fig. 4. Excavation unit B8 showing extent of Moore's excavation. The southeast corner of the unit is mottled fill from Moore's excavation pit, contrasting with the undisturbed mound fill in the remainder of the unit (bottom). The south profile of unit B8 shows undisturbed mound fill in the western corner and Moore's excavation fill in the remainder (top). our test pit V in the 1979-1981 excavation (fig. 6 in Larsen and Thomas, 1986: 12). The matching of our excavation with that of Moore in these two locations aided us in identifying disturbed skeletal remains we en- countered (see below) with the burial num- bers shown on Moore's map (Moore, 1897: 74, fig. 49). Moreover, it revealed that al- though Moore's published map appeals rough, it is accurate. The mound fill was hand-troweled in ar- bitrary 20-cm levels and subsequently passed through ' window screen. All hu- man remains and artifacts were exposed in situ, mapped on a unit record form in relation to the site datum, drawn on the form, pho- tographed, and removed to the laboratory on St. Catherines Island for initial processing. Some of the more fragile human remains were treated with a consolidant consisting of a 5f/r solution of polyvinyl acetate dissolved in acetone. Additional small fragments of bones, teeth, and artifacts (mostly potsherds) were recovered in screening. Each bone or tooth encountered in the excavation was giv- en a field number and identified as to skeletal element or tooth type. Owing to the manner in which Moore ex- cavated the site, it is not pos
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