Arch_and_Science_Qilakitsoq

__Archaeology and Science of the Appearance__
A study of these bodies inform us that the two children found in these graves were 6 months at 4 - 5 years of age.Within the six women found in the grave, two were 18 - 25 years of age, one was approximately 30 years of age and two were 50 years of age. Both childrens' hair were quite thin, which is quite common among children with Downs' Syndrome at the 4 - 5 year old's stage of life. Many of the features of each body are very well preserved which therefore show us their facial features and/or their hairstyles, the state of their hands and feet.

A number of adult bodies showed signs of facial tattooing from infrared scanning on the face, due to the darkening and drying of their skin making these tattoos difficult to see with the naked eye. These tattoos are only present on their faces and no where else on their bodies, with the only people possessing the tattoos being the women who were approx. 30 years of age or older.

As some of best preserved bodies were wearing clothes, archaeologists were not able to examine the bodies for fear of damaging the remains. This means that we have limited information about their diet, the state of some bodies, as well as the possibility of any of them possessing diseases that may have led to some of the bodies' cause of death.

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