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
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
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."
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Stephen L. Whittington is Director of the Museum of Anthropology at Wake Forest University.
David M. Reed is a research scientist at the University of Michigan.
REVIEWS
“The breadth and scope of this book demonstrate the vital role that biological data gleaned from skeletal remains play in reconstructing and interpreting the history of the human condition.”
—American Scientist
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Preface to the New Edition
Part 1.
Introduction
1.
Studying Maya Burials
Webster,
David
Part 2.
Osteological Studies
2.
Southern Lowland Maya Archaeology and Human Skeletal Remains: Interpretations from Caracol (Belize), Santa Rita Corozal (Belize), and Tayasal (Guatemala)
Chase,
Diane Z.
3.
The Preclassic Skeletons from Cuello
Saul,
Julie Mather
Saul,
Frank P.
4.
Height among Prehispanic Maya of the Yucatán Peninsula: A Reconsideration
Márquez,
Lourdes
Ángel,
Andrés del
5.
A Maya Skull Pit from the Terminal Classic Period, Colha, Belize
Massey,
Virginia K.
Steele,
D. Gentry
6.
Archaeology and Osteology of the Tipu Site
Cohen,
Mark N.
O'Connor,
Kathleen
Danforth,
Marie Elaine
Jacobi,
Keith P.
Armstrong,
Carl
Part 3.
Dental Studies
7.
Late Postclassic Tooth Filing at Chau Hiix and Tipu, Belize
Havill,
Lorena M.
Warren,
Diane M.
Jacobi,
Keith P.
Gettelman,
Karen D.
Cook,
Della Collins
Pyburn,
K. Anne
8.
Cultural Odontology: Dental Alterations from Petén, Guatemala
Olivares,
Nora M. López
9.
Individual Frailty, Children of Privilege, and Stress in Late Classic Copán
Storey,
Rebecca
10.
Late Classic Maya Health Patterns: Evidence from Enamel Microdefects
Danforth,
Marie Elaine
11.
Dental Genetic Structuring of a Colonial Maya Cemetery, Tipu, Belize
Jacobi,
Keith P.
Part 4.
Stable Isotope and DNA Studies
12.
Commoner Diet at Copán: Insights from Stable Isotopes and Porotic Hyperostosis
Whittington,
Stephen L.
Reed,
David M.
13.
Ancient Diet at Lamanai and Pacbitun: Implications for the Ecological Model of Collapse
White,
Christine D.
14.
Ecology or Society? Paleodiet and the Collapse of the Pasión Maya Lowlands
Wright,
Lori E.
15.
Regional Diversity in Classic Maya Diets
Gerry,
John P.
Krueger,
Harold W.
16.
Ancient and Contemporary Mitochondrial DNA Variation in the Maya
Merriwether,
D. Andrew
Reed,
David M.
Ferrell,
Robert E.
Part 5.
Conclusion
17.
Studying Maya Bioarchaeology
Buikstra,
Jane E.
Appendix. An Indexed Bibliography of Prehistoric and Early Historic Maya Human Osteology: 1839–1994