Brings together for the first time, a broad spectrum of bioarchaeologists and reveals remarkable data on Maya genetic relationship, demographic, and diseases
During the last 20 years new techniques in osteology have yielded findings on Maya diet and health that challenge the ecological model of collapse. This volume, which includes an index bibliography of the first 150 years of Maya osteology, brings together for the first time a broad spectrum of bioarchaeologists and reveals remarkable data on Maya genetic relationship, demographic, and diseases.
Contributors Carl Armstrong / Jane E. Buikstra / Diane Z. Chase / Mark N. Cohen / Della Collins Cook / Marie Elaine Danforth / Andres del Angel / Robert E. Ferrell / John P. Gerry / Karen D. Gettelman / Lorena M. Havill / Keith P. Jacobi / Harold W. Krueger / Nora M. Lopez Olivares / Lourdes Marquez / Virginia K. Massey / D. Andrew Merriwether / Kathleen O'Connor / K. Anne Pyburn / David M. Reed / Frank P. Saul / Julie Mather Saul / D. Gentry Steele / Rebecca Storey / Diane M. Warren / David Webster / Christine D. White / Stephen L. Whittington / Lori E. Wright
ContributorsPrefacePreface to the New EditionIntroductionStudying Maya BurialsWebsterDavidOsteological StudiesSouthern Lowland Maya Archaeology and Human Skeletal Remains: Interpretations from Caracol (Belize), Santa Rita Corozal (Belize), and Tayasal (Guatemala)ChaseDiane Z.The Preclassic Skeletons from CuelloSaulJulie MatherSaulFrank P.Height among Prehispanic Maya of the Yucatán Peninsula: A ReconsiderationMárquezLourdesÁngelAndrés delA Maya Skull Pit from the Terminal Classic Period, Colha, BelizeMasseyVirginia K.SteeleD. GentryArchaeology and Osteology of the Tipu SiteCohenMark N.O'ConnorKathleenDanforthMarie ElaineJacobiKeith P.ArmstrongCarlDental StudiesLate Postclassic Tooth Filing at Chau Hiix and Tipu, BelizeHavillLorena M.WarrenDiane M.JacobiKeith P.GettelmanKaren D.CookDella CollinsPyburnK. AnneCultural Odontology: Dental Alterations from Petén, GuatemalaOlivaresNora M. LópezIndividual Frailty, Children of Privilege, and Stress in Late Classic CopánStoreyRebeccaLate Classic Maya Health Patterns: Evidence from Enamel MicrodefectsDanforthMarie ElaineDental Genetic Structuring of a Colonial Maya Cemetery, Tipu, BelizeJacobiKeith P.Stable Isotope and DNA StudiesCommoner Diet at Copán: Insights from Stable Isotopes and Porotic HyperostosisWhittingtonStephen L.ReedDavid M.Ancient Diet at Lamanai and Pacbitun: Implications for the Ecological Model of CollapseWhiteChristine D.Ecology or Society? Paleodiet and the Collapse of the Pasión Maya LowlandsWrightLori E.Regional Diversity in Classic Maya DietsGerryJohn P.KruegerHarold W.Ancient and Contemporary Mitochondrial DNA Variation in the MayaMerriwetherD. AndrewReedDavid M.FerrellRobert E.ConclusionStudying Maya BioarchaeologyBuikstraJane E.Appendix. An Indexed Bibliography of Prehistoric and Early Historic Maya Human Osteology: 1839–1994DanforthMarie ElaineWhittingtonStephen L.JacobiKeith P.References CitedIndex
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.
