Applying Structural Vulnerability (SVP) to a Juvenile Archaeological Population from Copan, Honduras

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This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This poster reports on the application of the Structure Vulnerability Profile (SVP) from the UWF Biocultural Lab to a Mesoamerican bioarchaeological sample. The SVP is a method to add to traditional bioanthropological skeletal profiles but considering “biomarkers” that reflect embodied inequality. The juvenile archaeological sample from Late Classic Copan (600-820 AD) included 47 skeletal remains to examine health disruptions during precarious periods of growth and development. This study contributes to the examination of children’s health in the past by analyzing the SVP traits as a method to potentially identify markers of resilience, frailty and care in the past. ***This presentation will include images of human remains.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)   •
• SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts

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Abstract Id(s): 53885