Spondylolysis in Inuit skeletons from Arctic Canada

• Published in: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
• Main Author: Merbs, Charles F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2002
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Southampton Island; eskimo*; inuit; Inupiat; Thule culture; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oa.623; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Foa.623; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/oa.623

Abstract Inuit skeletons from archaeological sites in Arctic Canada were examined for the presence of spondylolysis. The largest series represent the Thule culture and historic Inuit from northwest Hudson Bay and Labrador, and Sadlermiut from Southampton Island. The condition was found in 90 individ...