05171nam 22009853u 450 991096238610332120240508092655.0(CKB)2670000000207231(EBL)547623(OCoLC)650060118(SSID)ssj0000695010(PQKBManifestationID)12294804(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000695010(PQKBWorkID)10670367(PQKB)11505486(MiAaPQ)EBC547623(EXLCZ)99267000000020723120131216d2009|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrBones of the Maya Studies of Ancient Skeletons1st ed.Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press20091 online resource (307 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1528-4 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 Studies7. 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 Collapse14. 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; IndexDuring 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 <DICentral America -- AntiquitiesHuman remains (Archaeology) -- Central AmericaHuman remains (Archaeology) -- MexicoMayas -- AnthropometryMayas -- AntiquitiesMexico -- AntiquitiesCentral America -- Antiquities.Human remains (Archaeology) -- Central America.Human remains (Archaeology) -- Mexico.Mayas -- Anthropometry.Mayas -- Antiquities.Mexico -- Antiquities.972.81/016972.81016Whittington Stephen L1833873Reed David M74467Wright Lori E1833874Gerry John P1833875Jacobi Keith P1833876Reed David M74467Danforth Marie Elaine1833877Storey Rebecca1833878Webster David L840091Armstrong Carl1833879Chase Diane Z1833880Cohen Mark N243136Cook Della Collins1833881del Angel Andres1833882Ferrell Robert E1833883Whittington Stephen L1833873Gettelman Karen D1833884Havill Lorena M1833885Krueger Harold W1833886Olivares Nora M1833887Marquez Lourdes1833888Massey Virginia K1833889Merriwether D. Andrew1833890O'Conner Kathleen1833891Pyburn K. Anne1833892Saul Frank P1833893Saul Julie Mather1833894Steele D. Gentry1833895Warren Diane M1833896White Christine D1833897Buikstra Jane1833898AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910962386103321Bones of the Maya4408829UNINA