05184nam 22009853u 450 991110633730332120240508092655.0(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 L1997047Reed David M74467Wright Lori E1997048Gerry John P1997049Jacobi Keith P1969650Reed David M74467Danforth Marie Elaine1997050Storey Rebecca1997051Webster David L840091Armstrong Carl1997052Chase Diane Z1967955Cohen Mark N243136Cook Della Collins1997053del Angel Andres1997054Ferrell Robert E1997055Whittington Stephen L1997047Gettelman Karen D1997056Havill Lorena M1997057Krueger Harold W1997058Olivares Nora M1997059Márquez Morfín Lourdes1997060Massey Virginia K1997061Merriwether D. Andrew1997062O'Conner Kathleen1997063Pyburn K. Anne1965843Saul Frank P1997064Saul Julie Mather1997065Steele D. Gentry1997066Warren Diane M1997067White Christine D1997068Buikstra Jane E1997069AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9911106337303321Bones of the Maya4777737UNINA