The earth upon which Santa Clara University sits has been the home for many different cultural groups in the last several thousand years. Construction on the campus frequently unearths artifacts, both historic and prehistoric, and every few years burials are encountered. To date, these have been identified as pre-contact Native Americans. Two excavations, one in 1995 and another in 1997, have resulted in the discovery of prehistoric remains. Although the sample is small, only 13 individuals, each one has been identified as either a woman or child. Is this a result of sampling error, differential burial practices, or were the men absent?