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

• Autore: Whittington Stephen L
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (307 p.)
• Disciplina: 972.81/016; 972.81016
• Soggetto topico: Central America -- Antiquities; Human remains (Archaeology) -- Central America; Human remains (Archaeology) -- Mexico; Mayas -- Anthropometry; Mayas -- Antiquities; Mexico -- Antiquities
• Altri autori: 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
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Bones of the Maya
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790356503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II