. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 26.

Published in final edited form as: Bioarchaeol Int. 2019;3(1):58–77. doi: 10.5744/bi.2019.1008

Table 4. Schmorl’s nodes in men from Pontecagnano. Gray = skeletal evidence of possible specialized labor. Black = none. * = buried with grave goods other than pottery.

Number of Thoracic and Lumbar Vertebrae with Schmorl’s Nodes	Dying 20–30	Dying 30–40	Dying 40–50	Dying 50+
0	4037	4038*	4021*	3533*
		4051*	4028	4047*
			4046*
1	4033*	4025
2	4085		4058
3			4015*
			4043
4		3805
5	3720*
6
7			4012
			4039*
			4100
8	4093
9
10	4040*	3733		4042*
11	4027
	4029
	4102