Bioarchaeology of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica : an interdisciplinary approach / edited by Cathy Willermet and Andrea Cucina ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larsen, Clark Spencer, author of foreword.

Contributor:

Willermet, C. M. (Catherine M.), 1968- editor.

Cucina, Andrea, 1966- editor.

Series:

Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past

Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past: local, regional, and global perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of Mexico--Antiquities.

Indians of Mexico.

Indians of Central America--Antiquities.

Indians of Central America.

Antiquities.

Mexico--Antiquities.

Mexico.

Central America--Antiquities.

Central America.

Physical Description:

xiii, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2018]

Summary:

This edited volume presents work from both Mesoamerican-based and U.S.-based researchers who use a combination of cultural ethnohistorical, (bio)archaeological, dental, and chemical data in an interdisciplinary approach to research population history in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. The goals for such a project are threefold: 1) to encourage more cross-fertilization of work between fields and subfields, in order to more appropriately address large regional questions of population history; 2) to explicitly address the theoretical and methodological challenges and rewards of interdisciplinary work; and 3) to introduce a larger audience to the state of interdisciplinary work in Mesoamerica.

Contents:

Introduction / Cathy Willermet and Andrea Cucina

On interdisciplinarity in bioarchaeology / Cathy Willermet

Migration and mobility

Population continuity and replacement in the pre-contact valley of Mexico / Corey S. Ragsdale and Heather J.H. Edgar

Isotopes, dental morphology, and human provenience at the Maya site of Yaxuná, Yucatán, Mexico: mobility, interaction, and ethnicity / T. Douglas Price, Travis W. Stanton, and Andrea Cucina

Biological affinities and mortuary archaeology in coastal northern populations of Yucatán at the end of the postclassic period: demic considerations / Andrea Cucina, Allan Ortega and Sandra Verónica Elizalde Rodarte

Ethnicity and social identity

Understanding late classic Maya mortuary ritual in caves: dental evidence of health from macro- and microscopic defects and caries / Amy R. Michael, Gabriel D. Wrobel and Jack Biggs

True people, foreigners, and the framing of Maya morality / Andrew K. Scherer, Charles Golden, and Stephen Houston

Human migration and ethnic expression in the southeastern borderland of Mesoamerica: a bioarchaeological perspective from Copan, Honduras / Shintaro Suzuki, Vera Tiesler, and T. Douglas Price

Conclusion

Interdisciplinary approaches in Mesoamerica: taking stock / Frances F. Berdan.

Isotopes, dental morphology, and human provenience at the Maya site of Yaxun�a, Yucat�an, Mexico: mobility, interaction, and ethnicity / T. Douglas Price, Travis W. Stanton, and Andrea Cucina

Biological affinities and mortuary archaeology in coastal northern populations of Yucat�an at the end of the postclassic period: demic considerations / Andrea Cucina, Allan Ortega and Sandra Ver�onica Elizalde Rodarte

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813056005

0813056004

OCLC:

1013988340