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Before Kukulkán : bioarchaeology of Maya life, death, and identity at classic period Yaxuná

Title
Before Kukulkán : bioarchaeology of Maya life, death, and identity at classic period Yaxuná / Vera Tiesler, Andrea Cucina, Travis W. Stanton, and David A. Freidel ; foreword by Traci Ardren.
Author
Tiesler, Vera
Publication
  • Tucson, Arizona : The University of Arizona Press, 2017.
  • ©2017

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Additional Authors
  • Cucina, Andrea, 1966-
  • Stanton, Travis W., 1971-
  • Freidel, David A.
  • Ardren, Traci
Description
xviii, 305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 27 cm
Summary
"A significant look at Maya life prior to Chichén Itzá during the Classic Period in the Yucatan"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-299) and index.
Contents
Foreword / by Traci Ardren -- Introduction : the bioarchaeology of Yaxuná -- Part I. Living at Yaxuná. Yaxuná in context -- Individual movement, migration, and population dynamics in the northern Maya lowlands -- Growing up in Yaxuná : demography, lifestyle, and health in a classic period capital -- Foodways, diet, and nutrition -- Physical embodiment and social identities at Yaxuná -- Part II. Yaxuná's dead. Passing, mourning, and procuring permanence -- Eternal performance : the royal tombs -- Feeding the gods in Yaxuná : sacrifice and human caches -- The cycling of an era : Chichén Itzá and the decline of Yaxuná.
Call Number
JFF 18-297
ISBN
  • 9780816532643
  • 0816532648
LCCN
2017012669
OCLC
983824425
Author
Tiesler, Vera, author.
Title
Before Kukulkán : bioarchaeology of Maya life, death, and identity at classic period Yaxuná / Vera Tiesler, Andrea Cucina, Travis W. Stanton, and David A. Freidel ; foreword by Traci Ardren.
Publisher
Tucson, Arizona : The University of Arizona Press, 2017.
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-299) and index.
Added Author
Cucina, Andrea, 1966- author.
Stanton, Travis W., 1971- author.
Freidel, David A., author.
Ardren, Traci, writer of foreword.
Research Call Number
JFF 18-297
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