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Windover (8BR46) represents one of the most ancient and well-preserved skeletal populations in North America. Excavated in the 1980s from a mortuary pond near Florida´s eastern coast, the remains represent over 168 individuals, from neonates to elderly, enabling an evaluation of health at all stages of life. Through the application of the Western Hemisphere Health Index (Steckel and Rose, 2002), the overall health of the Windover population has been assessed and compared to populations utilizing various subsistence practices, in a variety of geographic regions spanning 7,000 years of human history.

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Dr. Wentz is a former firefighter/paramedic who went on to complete a PhD in Anthropology where she specialized in the bioarchaeological analysis of human remains with foci on ancient disease and population health. She has worked extensively on the remains from the Windover site and is the author of several books.

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