More than half of these decedents-27-are secondary interments, which means that 84% of the secondary individuals are part of multiple burials.
Certainly, the more "processing" that is involved in mortuary ritual, the "drier" the ultimate interment.
Samples were also obtained from alongside and between individuals, where fibrous material was detected during removal of the interments.
Of the 37 limestone bars, eight were located in five different interments; in one interment, limestone bars and spindle whorls co-occur.
The cotton textile appears to be in addition to and overlaying the agave fiber textiles and adornments that covered the interments.
The desire for nocturnal interments indicated a break from the idea that funerals should be used as the expressions of communal values and unity.
These tombs seem to represent different possibilities of interment for different lineages in a rank society.
In contrast, the other interments contained two or fewer shell beads, and none of the individuals was interred with a pottery vessel.
