Michele Toomay Douglas

Two multivariate statistical procedures, stepwise discriminant function analysis and Mahalanobis&... more Two multivariate statistical procedures, stepwise discriminant function analysis and Mahalanobis' distance, are applied to nine mandibular measurements recorded in Neolithic (Nankuanli East site) and Iron Age (Shihsanhang) Taiwanese and comparative series from East and Southeast Asia and the Pacific for assessing the population history of Taiwan and the origin of Polynesians. Taiwan's role as the homeland of a Neolithic expansion of Austronesian-speaking agriculturalists, an expansion that would eventually extend from Madagascar in the west to Polynesia in the east, is examined. The results of this biological distance study indicate that Neolithic and Iron Age inhabitants of Taiwan are more closely related to cranial series from Northern Asia than they are to each other. While Iron Age Shihsanhang reveals connections with some of the Pacific Island series, the earliest Neolithic inhabitants of Taiwan are unrelated to the inhabitants of Remote Oceania. Larger and additional samples, including Taiwan's modern Indigenous groups, will enhance future research.

Field Check and Removal of Burial at Ka`ili`ili, Maunalua, Kona, O`ahu

Cranial Vault Modification in the Mariana Islands

Report on Human Skeletal Material from Site AT-37 Imkalau Valley, Aneityum, Vanuatu

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Report on Human Skeletal Material from Site AT-197 Anelcauhat, Aneityum, Vanuatu

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Archaeological Monitoring at Liopolo Street, Ma`ili 8" Water System, Part III, Ma`ili, Wai`anae, O`ahu; with a Discussion of Burials at State Site No. 50-80-07-4244

Database E.1 Individual Records of Cranial Measurements, Indices, and Capacities in Adults

Database E.3 Individual Records of Cranial Non-metric Variation in Adolescents and Adults

Human Skeletal and Dental Remains Recovered from the Keoneloa Bay Villas Project Area, Weliweli and Pa`a Ahupua`a, South Kaua`i

Codesheet for E9

Codesheet for E11

Codesheet for E3

Database E.11 Individual Records of Osteoarthritis in the Adolescent and Adult Skull and Appendicular Skeletons from Ban Chiang

Codesheet for E4

Memo: Congenital Syphilis in a Prehistorical Hawaiian Burial, Barber's Point, Ewa, Oahu

Apotguan Revisited: A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Latte Period Burials from Guam

Burial Removal at 41-042 Manana Street, O`ahu, Site No. 50-80-15-4118, TMK: 4-1-05:027

Honoruru to Honolulu: From Village to City. Vol. I History & Archaeology of a City Block; Vol. II the Burials; Vol. III: Appendices (final)

Preliminary Draft: Subsurface Archaeological Intensive Survey and Data Recovery and Construction Monitoring and Sampling at Waianae Army Recreation Center (WARC) Waianae, Oahu

Report on a Cranium Found Offshore at La`ie, O`ahu

A Biodistance Analysis of Mandibles From Taiwan, Asia, and the Pacific

Biological Distance Analysis, 2016

Field Check and Removal of Burial at Ka`ili`ili, Maunalua, Kona, O`ahu

Cranial Vault Modification in the Mariana Islands

Report on Human Skeletal Material from Site AT-37 Imkalau Valley, Aneityum, Vanuatu

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Report on Human Skeletal Material from Site AT-197 Anelcauhat, Aneityum, Vanuatu

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The osteology of the human skeletal remains recovered during Phase 2 Archaeological Subsurface Testing and Data Recovery at the Fort Kamehameha Wastewater Treatment Plant, Pearl Harbor, O`ahu, Hawai`i.

by Michael Pietrusewsky and Michele Toomay Douglas

Final Report Prepared for: Department of Navy, Pacific Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pearl Harbor, HI, 96860-7300. , 1999

Late prehistoric/early historic human remains of 27 individuals excavated during the first and se... more Late prehistoric/early historic human remains of 27 individuals excavated during the first and second phases of work at the Fort Kamehameha Wastewater Treatment Plant, Pearl Harbor, O'ahu, are analyzed and described. Twenty-three burials represent adults, three are adolescents, and one is a young child. The proportion of males and females is about equal. The oldest individuals in this series are male. The mean age-at-death for adults is 37.9 years. Aspects of cranial, dental and skeletal morphology are broadly comparable to previously examined Hawaiian skeletal series. The majority of the burials are of Hawaiian and/or Asian ancestry. Overall, the oral-dental health in these remains is good. Examples of dental infection, dental enamel hypoplasia, third molar agenesis, peg-shaped teeth, tooth winging, enamel discoloration, dental abscessing, periodontal disease and tooth wear are observed. Two individuals exhibit evidence of tooth ablation and two others exhibit possible evidence for occupational use of their teeth. The estimated stature for adult males is 173 em (5' 8.5") and for females it is 163 em ( 5' 4'} The Fort Kamehameha series has relatively elevated frequencies of supraclavicular foramen and septal aperture suggestive of a familial relationship. There is a relatively high frequency of healed bone fracture in these remains suggestive of inter-personal violence. The bones fractured include the mandible, ulna, radius, humerus, rib, and metacarpal. Spondylolysis, a stress fracture of the fifth lumbar vertebra, occurs in two individuals. Three individuals exhibit skeletal lesions consistent with treponemal infection, or syphilis. Other paleopathological conditions observed in these remains include cribra orbitalia, cranial vault thickening, benign bone tumors, bone cysts, nasal abscessing, osteoarthritis, osteophytosis, and bone fusion. Three of the burials further exhibit evidence ofbone disturbance attributable to ancient grave vandalism.

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Pietrusewsky, M and MT Douglas. 1990. An Analysis of Additional Historic Human Skeletal Remains from the Kahoma Stream Flood Control Project, 1989, Lahaina, Maui

by Michael Pietrusewsky and Michele Toomay Douglas

The largely incomplete disturbed skeletal remains of approximately 15 individuals recovered from ... more The largely incomplete disturbed skeletal remains of approximately 15 individuals recovered from additional archaeological excavations at the Kahoma Stream Flood Control Project area, Lahaina, Maui, are described. The majority of the remains are associated with historic coffins and the rest from the backfill. Six adult males, four adult females and five individuals of unknown sex (two adults, 1 child, an adolescent and a fetus) are represented. The exact ancestry of these remains cannot be determined, some exhibit Polynesian characteristics while others suggest non-Polynesian ancestry. Paleopathological evidence includes periostitis, vertebral fusion (possible congenital scoliosis), tooth caries and dental abscessing. There is no evidence for the cause of death of any of the individuals examined.

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