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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816664703321

Autore

Whittington Stephen L

Titolo

Bones of the Maya [[electronic resource] ] : Studies of Ancient Skeletons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2009

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ReedDavid M

WrightLori E

GerryJohn P

JacobiKeith P

DanforthMarie Elaine

StoreyRebecca

WebsterDavid L

ArmstrongCarl

ChaseDiane Z

CohenMark N

CookDella Collins

del AngelAndres

FerrellRobert E

WhittingtonStephen L

GettelmanKaren D

HavillLorena M

KruegerHarold W

OlivaresNora M

MarquezLourdes

MasseyVirginia K

MerriwetherD. Andrew

O'ConnerKathleen

PyburnK. Anne

SaulFrank P

SaulJulie Mather

SteeleD. Gentry

WarrenDiane M

WhiteChristine D

BuikstraJane

Disciplina

972.81/016

972.81016

Soggetti

Central America -- Antiquities

Human remains (Archaeology) -- Central America



Human remains (Archaeology) -- Mexico

Mayas -- Anthropometry

Mayas -- Antiquities

Mexico -- Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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 Yucatán 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

7. Late Postclassic Tooth Filing at Chau Hiix and Tipu, Belize8. Cultural Odontology: Dental Alterations from Petén, Guatemala; 9. Individual Frailty, Children of Privilege, and Stress in Late Classic Copán; 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 Copán: Insights from Stable Isotopes and Porotic Hyperostosis; 13. Ancient Diet at Lamanai and Pacbitun: Implications for the Ecological Model of Collapse

14. Ecology or Society? Paleodiet and the Collapse of the Pasión Maya Lowlands15. Regional Diversity in Classic Maya Diets; 16. Ancient and Contemporary Mitochondrial DNA Variation in the Maya; Part 5. Conclusion; 17. Studying Maya Bioarchaeology; Appendix. An Indexed Bibliography of Prehistoric and Early Historic Maya Human Osteology: 1839-1994; References Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.     Contributors: Carl Armstrong, Jane E. Buikstra , Diane Z. Chase  Mark N. Cohen , Della Collins Cook, Marie Elaine Danforth, Andres del Angel  <DI