 prev - home - next Furthermore, the other arm had been broken, the ribs were fractured, there was a small fracture of the skull, and the first cervical vertebra in the backbone was polishing on the first thoracic vertebra such that one bone was grooving the other. Obviously there was more than one traumatic event involved. Evidently the individual had engaged in some form of extreme behavior, in all probability either on the battlefield or ballcourt or both. In summing up during the question and answer session, Buikstra said that the arm of K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' was probably asymptomatic, though bent; the lower chest pushed in and protruding above; the shoulder pulled medially, though normal looking; the upper back stiff, so that he would have held himself rigidly and tried to minimize movement of the neck. He probably limped on his right foot. "And been very grumpy," added archaeologist Loa Traxler, who was present at the session. (Traxler was a key member of the team investigating the Hunal burial.)
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