"...could the child be an example of a child with some kind of growth disorder?"
Yes, it certainly could, I am looking forward to hearing the result of tests.
"Did you see my "Egil's bones" post?"
No, I didn't. Link please.
Did you see Neanderthal or Cretin? A Debate Over Iodine?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1689676/posts
Egil's bones is post #4.
The point I was trying to make had to do with relying too much on form, especially when dealing with a minute sampling. Modern "little people" have a range of skeletal proportions. While they are a small percentage of the population, they aren't a subspecies. Thousands of years from now, finding a burial of a modern little person could possibly lead to incorrect conclusions drawn.
I'm looking forward to the test results too.