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Bioarchaeology of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica an interdisciplinary approach

Title
Bioarchaeology of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica [electronic resource] : an interdisciplinary approach / edited by Cathy Willermet and Andrea Cucina ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen.
Publication
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2018]

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Additional Authors
  • Willermet, C. M. (Catherine M.), 1968-
  • Cucina, Andrea, 1966-
  • Larsen, Clark Spencer.
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages) : illustrations.
Summary
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 a project are threefold: 1) to encourage more cross-fertilization of work between fields and subfields, in order to more appropriately address large regional questions of population history; 2) to explicitly address the theoretical and methodological challenges and rewards of interdisciplinary work; and 3) to introduce a larger audience to the state of interdisciplinary work in Mesoamerica.
Uniform Title
Bioarchaeology of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica (Online)
Subject
  • Indians of Mexico > Antiquities
  • Indians of Central America > Antiquities
  • Mexico > Antiquities
  • Central America > Antiquities
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
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.
LCCN
2017055310
OCLC
ssj0002080501
Title
Bioarchaeology of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica [electronic resource] : an interdisciplinary approach / edited by Cathy Willermet and Andrea Cucina ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen.
Imprint
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2018]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Willermet, C. M. (Catherine M.), 1968-
Cucina, Andrea, 1966-
Larsen, Clark Spencer.
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