Life and death in the ancient city of Teotihuacan : a modern paleodemographic synthesis / Rebecca Storey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Storey, Rebecca, 1950-

Contributor:

Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of Mexico--Population.

Indians of Mexico.

Indians of Mexico--Anthropometry.

Teotihuacán Site (San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cities arose independently in both the Old World and in the pre-Columbian New World. Lacking written records, many of these New World cities can be studied only through archaeology, including the earliest pre-Columbian city, Teotihuacan, Mexico, one of the largest cities of its time (150 B.C. to A.D. 750). Thus, an important question is how similar New World cities are to their Old World counterparts. Before recent times, the dense populations of cities made them unhealthy places because of poor sanitation and inadequate food supplies. Storey's research shows clearly

Contents:

Contents; Tables and Figures; Preface; 1. Anthropology and Paleodemography:The Problem and Its Theoretical Foundations; 2. Teotihuacan and the Demography ofPreindustrial Cities; 3. The Tlajinga 33 Apartment Compound; 4. The Tlajinga 33 Skeletons; 5. General Demographic Characteristics of the Tlajinga 33 Population; 6. Paleodemographic Analysis of theTlajinga 33 Skeletons; 7. Paleopathology, Health, and Mortalityat Tlajinga 33; 8. Mortality Models and the DemographicSignificance of Tlajinga 33; Appendix: Metric Measurements Used in the Discriminant-Function Sexing; References Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8435-9

0-585-14110-X

OCLC:

817893262