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Janaab' Pakal of Palenque : reconstructing the life and death of a Maya ruler
- Title
- Janaab' Pakal of Palenque : reconstructing the life and death of a Maya ruler / edited by Vera Tiesler and Andrea Cucina.
- Publication
- Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2006], ©2006.
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- Description
- xiii, 219 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Mayas > Kings and rulers > Mexico > Palenque (Chiapas) > Biography
- Mayas > Anthropometry > Mexico > Palenque (Chiapas)
- Maya architecture > Mexico > Palenque (Chiapas)
- K'inich Janaab' Pakal, 603-683 > Death and burial
- Human remains (Archaeology) > Mexico > Palenque (Chiapas)
- Tombs > Mexico > Palenque (Chiapas)
- Palenque (Chiapas, Mexico) > Antiquities
- Palenque Site (Mexico)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-210) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Studying Janaab' Pakal and reconstructing Maya dynastic history / Vera Tiesler and Andrea Cucina -- 2. Life and death of the ruler : recent bioarchaeological findings / Vera Tiesler -- 3. Janaab' Pakal : the age-at-death controversy revisited / Jane E. Buikstra, George R. Milner and Jesper L. Boldsen -- 4. A histomorphometric analysis of the cortical bone of Janaab' Pakal's rib / Sam D. Stout and Margaret Streeter -- 5. Pakal's age in the demographic context of late classic Plenque society / Lourdes Marquez, Patricia Hernandez and Carlos Serrano -- 6. Did Pakal suffer from deforming diseases? : true facts and iconographic myths / Arturo Romano -- 7. Geographic origin of Janaab' Pakal and the "Red Queen" : evidence from strontium isotopes / T. Douglas Price, James H. Burton, Vera Tiesler, Simon Martin and Jane E. Buikstra -- 8. The companions of Janaab Pakal and the "Red Queen" from Palenque, Chiapas : meanings of human companion sacrifice in classic Maya society / Andrea Cucina and Vera Tiesler -- 9. Longevity of Maya rulers of Yaxchilan : the reigns of Shield Jaguar and Bird Jaguar / Patricia Hernandez and Lourdes Marquez -- 10. Ancient Maya royal biographies in a comparative perspective / Nikolai Grube -- 11. Discussion / John W. Verano.
- ISBN
- 0816525102 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005035582
- 9780816525102
- OCLC
- OCM62593473
- SCSB-8787273
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries