edited by Stephen L. Whittington and David M. Reed
contributions by Carl Armstrong, Diane Z. Chase, Mark N. Cohen, Della Collins Cook, Andres del Angel, Robert E. Ferrell, Stephen L. Whittington, Karen D. Gettelman, Lorena M. Havill, Harold W. Krueger, Nora M. Olivares, Lourdes Marquez, Virginia K. Massey, D. Andrew Merriwether, Kathleen O'Conner, Oswaldo Chincilla Mazariegos, Frank P. Saul, Julie Mather Saul, D. Gentry Steele, Diane M. Warren, Lori E. Wright, Christine D. White, Jane E. Buikstra, John P. Gerry, Keith P. Jacobi, David M. Reed, Marie Elaine Danforth, Rebecca Storey and David L. Webster
University of Alabama Press, 2006
eISBN: 978-0-8173-8383-1 | Cloth: 978-0-8173-1528-3 | Paper: 978-0-8173-5376-6
Library of Congress Classification F1435.3.A56B66 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification 972.81016

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Brings together for the first time a broad spectrum of bioarchaeologists and reveals remarkable data on Maya genetic relationship, demographic, and diseases

New techniques in osteology have yielded findings on Maya diet and health that challenge the ecological model of collapse. This benchmark collection of essays defined the state of Mayan skeletal studies. Its coverage spans the formative through colonial periods, with a geographic focus on the Maya lowlands of northern Guatemala, Belize, and western Honduras. Bringing together for the first time a broad spectrum of bioarchaeologists and revealing remarkable data on Maya genetic relationship, demographic, and diseases, the collection covers divers topics such as osteological, dental, bone chemistry, and DNA analyses. The diet and health status of Maya populations is a major theme, especially in relation to social status, gender, and the historical problem of the "collapse." 

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