Maya animal utilization in a growing city : vertebrate exploitation at Caracol, Belize / by Wendy Giddens Teeter.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Teeter, Wendy Giddens, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mayas--Belize--Caracol Site.

Mayas.

Human-animal relationships--Belize--Caracol Site.

Human-animal relationships.

Indians of Central America--Belize--Caracol Site.

Indians of Central America.

Caracol Site (Belize)--Antiquities.

Caracol Site (Belize).

Belize--Caracol Site.

Physical Description:

xviii, 452 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Vertebrate exploitation at Caracol, Belize

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2001.

Contents:

The Maya and animals: an introduction

Resource mobilization & social organization

Zooarchaeology, Mesoamerica, and Caracol

Methodology in faunal analysis

Fish

Amphibians

Reptiles

Birds

Mammal: subsistence use

Mammal: ceremonial use

Worked bone

Subsistence and ceremonial use.

Notes:

Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2001.

Vita.

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 427-452).

Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Dissertation Services, 2003. xviii, 452 p. : ill ; 24 cm.

OCLC:

50400322