Bioarchaeology of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica an interdisciplinary approach

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Willermet, C. M. (Catherine M.), 1968- (-), Cucina, Andrea, 1966-, Larsen, Clark Spencer
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida 2018.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.