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buriedawayfromhomeor,moreofen
thannot,thattheywereburiedatanother
cemeterynearby,orthattherewerespatial
dilerencesdividingthecemeteryintoareas
withdilerentsexandagepreferences.
Taphonomicfactors,asshownby
P.L.Walker,J.R.JohnsonandP.M.Lambert
(1988),neednothaveplayedapart.Itis
alsopossiblethatthebiasistheresultofthe
highermortalityofyoungermaleswhich
mayhaveincreasedbeyondthenormfor
infantsandyoungchildren.Temost
plausibleexplanation,however,especially
inthelightofarecentnewunderstanding
ofthecemeterychronology,givescreditfor
thistotheflaweddivisionofthenecropolis
onKomel-Dikkaintothreephases.Ifthe
MiddleNecropolisandLowerNecropolis
phasesaretobeseenasone,the5%
dilerencesimplydisappears.
Tesexofindividualsinthedilerent
agecategoriesispresentedinTable2.Raw
Table2.
Age-at-deathofindividualsofdeterminedsex.Tenumberoffemaleswasmultipliedbythe
coeicientofthewomen-to-menproportionscalculatedas0.94fortheUpperNecropolisand
0.84fortheLowerNecropolis(theMiddleNecropoliswasexcludedduetothesmallnumber
ofindividualsdistinguished)
35-55yrs
55+yrs
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
Upper
n
0.00
1.00
6.78
7.74
7.57
6.61
2.58
1.65
Necropolis
(%)
(0.0)
(100.0)
(46.7)
(53.3)
(53.4)
(46.6)
(61.0)
(39.0)
Lower
Necropolis
(%)
n
(86.5)
4.49
(13.5)
0.70
(35.2)
5.03
(64.8)
9.25
(51.3)
5.71
(48.7)
5.42
(68.9)
0.73
(31.1)
0.33
14-20yrs
20-35yrs
Fig.3.Mortalityforallsexesbynecropolisphase(theMiddleNecropoliswasexcludedfomthediagram
duetothesmallnumberofburialsattributedtothephase)
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