Excerpt from Orthopedic Problems of the Wetherill Mesa Populations: Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado This study of human skeletal remains from archeological excavations on Wetherill Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, was performed as an adjunct to the usual anthropological studies. The objective was to engage the services of a clinical orthopedist to identify the disease processes demonstrated by these bones and skeletons, primarily in hopes that such an evaluation would define more clearly the life, habits, and problems of the Indians who once inhabited the area. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.