Maya zooarchaeology : new directions in method and theory / edited by Kitty F. Emery.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Emery, Kitty F.

JSTOR (Online Service)

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Monograph (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA) ; 51.

Monograph ; 51

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnoarchaeology.

Methodology.

Ethnozoology.

Animal remains (Archaeology).

Mayas--Ethnozoology.

Mayas.

Central America--Antiquities.

Central America.

Antiquities.

Mayas--Antiquities.

Animal remains (Archaeology)--Central America.

Ethnozoology--Central America--Methodology.

Ethnoarchaeology--Central America--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 310 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at University of California, Los Angeles, ©2004.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1. Maya zooarchaeology : historical perspectives on current research directions / K.F. Emery

pt. 1. Methods in Maya zooarchaeology

2. In search of assemblage comparability : methods in Maya zooarchaeology / K.F. Emery

3. Picks and stones may break my bones : taphonomy and Maya zooarchaeology / N. Stanchly

4. Excavation and recovery of a funerary offering of marine materials from Copan / H.F. Beaubien

pt. 2. Animal remains and environmental reconstructions

5. Ancient Maya environment, settlement, and diet : quantitative and GIS spatial analysis of shell from Frenchman's Cay, Belize / H. McKillop and T. Winemiller.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-297) and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781938770739

1938770730

Publisher Number:

99984027281

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.