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Frequency Table (% of Row)
Based on frequency analysis, males are 3 times more likely to be included
with ceramic grave goods and twice more likely to be accompanied by shell than
females. Males and females are equally likely to have been interred with bone
artifacts at Colha in the Middle Preclassic, however males are the only sex to see the
inclusion of greenstone and unmodified faunal remains in their funerary
assemblages. Males are also the only sex to exhibit any interments absent of the
inclusion of any grave goods. Overall, male interments account for 75% of those
Middle Preclassic Colha interments that contained grave goods while females
account for only 25% of those interments exhibiting funerary assemblages.
Considering all interments of definitively sexed males and females including those
interred without grave goods, males account for 76.92% of interments and females
for 23.08%
Quantitative Table (% of Row)
Definitively sexed males and females are found with equal percentages of
bone artifacts, and similar percentages of ceramic artifacts, with males having
approximately 1.33 times more grave goods manufactured from ceramic located in
their interments. Male interments also contained approximately 1.91 times more
shell goods than females and are the only individuals accompanied with unmodified
faunal remains and artifacts manufactured from greenstone during this time at
Colha. Additionally, male interments that contain grave goods contain a combined
percentage of artifacts that reflects approximately twice the number of artifacts
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