| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 290 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Contents; Contributors; Preface; Preface to the New Edition; Part 1. Introduction; 1. Studying Maya Burials; Part 2. Osteological Studies; 2. Southern Lowland Maya Archaeology and Human Skeletal Remains: Interpretations from Caracol (Belize), Santa Rita Corozal (Belize), and Tayasal (Guatemala); 3. The Preclassic Skeletons from Cuello; 4. Height among Prehispanic Maya of the Yucatn Peninsula: A Reconsideration; 5. A Maya Skull Pit from the Terminal Classic Period, Colha, Belize; 6. Archaeology and Osteology of the Tipu Site; Part 3. Dental Studies |
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7. Late Postclassic Tooth Filing at Chau Hiix and Tipu, Belize8. Cultural Odontology: Dental Alterations from Petn, Guatemala; 9. Individual Frailty, Children of Privilege, and Stress in Late Classic Copn; 10. Late Classic Maya Health Patterns: Evidence from Enamel Microdefects; 11. Dental Genetic Structuring of a Colonial Maya Cemetery, Tipu, Belize; Part 4. Stable Isotope and DNA Studies; 12. Commoner Diet at Copn: Insights from Stable Isotopes and Po |
| Summary |
During the last 20 years new techniques in osteology have yielded findings on Maya diet and health that challenge the ecological model of collapse. This volume, which includes an index bibliography of the first 150 years of Maya osteology, brings together for the first time, a broad spectrum of bioarchaeologists and reveals remarkable data on Maya genetic relationship, demographic, and diseases |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-285) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Mayas -- Anthropometry
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Human remains (Archaeology) -- Mexico
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Human remains (Archaeology) -- Central America
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Mayas -- Antiquities.
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- Central America.
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Antiquities
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Human remains (Archaeology)
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Mayas -- Anthropometry
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Mayas -- Antiquities
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Mexico -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084538
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Central America -- Antiquities
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Central America
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Mexico
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Whittington, Stephen L.
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Reed, David M.
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| LC no. |
2006009148 |
| ISBN |
9780817383831 |
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0817383832 |
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9780817315283 |
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0817315284 |
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