title: Brief communication: the Granada osteological collection of identified infants and young children.
abstract: The objective of this study is to present the characteristics of a collection of identified infants and young children housed in the Laboratory of Anthropology of the University of Granada, Spain. The sample, which is still being enlarged, is currently composed of 230 complete skeletons aged from 5 months of gestation to 8 years, with a majority below 1 year. It mainly dates from the mid-20th century. The state of preservation is very good, and antemortem information is available from burial and death certificates, among other documents. Our sample makes an important contribution to the relatively few collections available in the world for investigating the osteological development of the skeletons of infants and young children from a physical anthropological perspective.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Anthropology, Department of Legal Medicine, Toxicology and Physical Anthropology, Medicine Faculty, University of Granada, Granada 18012, Spain. ialeman@ugr.es
authors.forename: Inmaculada
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alemán
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Irurita
authors.forename: Alba R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Valencia
authors.forename: Argia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: López-Lázaro
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Viciano
authors.forename: Miguel C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Botella
mesh_terms: D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D018070:Biological Specimen Banks; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D018732:Forensic Anthropology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012863:Skeleton; D012923:Social Class; D013030:Spain; D014495:Universities