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The Children of Cahokia
One of the dimensions of Cahokia’s social life that is most poignant in the archaeological record is the evidence for the experiences of children — the physical evidence of how young people lived, grew, and died in the city.
Bioarchaeological analysis of skeletal remains from Cahokia includes subadult individuals — individuals who died before reaching adulthood — and the analysis of their remains provides a window into childhood in the Mississippian city.
Growth disruption markers in the enamel of teeth — called linear enamel hypoplasia — record episodes of stress during the developmental period, when illness or nutritional insufficiency interrupted normal tooth development.
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