Bones of the Maya : Studies of Ancient Skeletons

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whittington, Stephen L.

Contributor:

Reed, David M.

Wright, Lori E.

Gerry, John P.

Jacobi, Keith P.

Danforth, Marie Elaine.

Storey, Rebecca.

Webster, David L.

Armstrong, Carl.

Chase, Diane Z.

Cohen, Mark N.

Cook, Della Collins.

del Angel, Andres.

Ferrell, Robert E.

Whittington, Stephen L.

Gettelman, Karen D.

Havill, Lorena M.

Krueger, Harold W.

Olivares, Nora M.

Márquez Morfín, Lourdes.

Massey, Virginia K.

Merriwether, D. Andrew.

O'Conner, Kathleen.

Pyburn, K. Anne.

Saul, Frank P.

Saul, Julie Mather.

Steele, D. Gentry.

Warren, Diane M.

White, Christine D.

Buikstra, Jane E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Central America--Antiquities.

Human remains (Archaeology)--Central America.

Human remains (Archaeology)--Mexico.

Mayas--Anthropometry.

Mayas--Antiquities.

Mexico--Antiquities.

Local Subjects:

Central America--Antiquities.

Human remains (Archaeology)--Central America.

Human remains (Archaeology)--Mexico.

Mayas--Anthropometry.

Mayas--Antiquities.

Mexico--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

650060118