Bones of the Maya: Studies of Ancient Skeletons

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Part 2. Osteological Studies 2. Southern Lowland Maya Archaeology and Human Skeletal Remains: Interpretations from Caracol (Belize), Santa Rita Corozal (Belize), and Tayasal (Guatemala) 15 Diane Z. Chase 3. The Preclassic Skeletons from Cuello 28 Julie Mather Saul and Frank P. Saul 4. Height among Prehispanic Maya of the Yucatan Peninsula: A Reconsideration 51 Lourdes Marquez and Andres del Angel Contributors Vl1 Preface ix Preface to the New Edition Part 1. Introduction 1. Studying Maya Burials 3 David Webster XIII Contents 5. A Maya Skull Pit from the Terminal Classic Period, Colha, Belize 62 Virginia K. Massey and D. Gentry Steele 6. Archaeology and Osteology of the Tipu Site 78 Mark N. Cohen, Kathleen 0 'Connor, Marie Elaine Danforth, Keith P. Jacobi, and Carl Armstrong Part 3. Dental Studies 7. Late Postclassic Tooth Filing at Chau Hiix and Tipu, Belize 89 Lorena M. Havill, Diane M. Warren, Keith P. Jacobi, Karen D. Cettelman, Della Collins Cook, and K. Anne Pyburn 8. Cultural Odontology: Dental Alterations from Peten, Guatemala 105 Nora M. Lopez Olivares v 9. Individual Frailty, Children of Privilege, and Stress in Late Classic Copan 116 Rebecca Storey 10. Late Classic Maya Health Patterns: Evidence from Enamel Microdefects 127 Marie Elaine Danforth 11. Dental Genetic Structuring of a Colonial Maya Cemetery, Tipu, Belize 138 Keith P. Jacobi Part 4. Stable Isotope and DNA Studies 12. Commoner Diet at Copan: Insights from Stable Isotopes and Porotic Hyperostosis 157 Stephen L. Whittington and David M. Reed 13. Ancient Diet at Lamanai and Pacbitun: Implications for the Ecological Model of Collapse 171 Christine D. White 14. Ecology or Society? Paleodiet and the Collapse of the Pasion Maya Lowlands 181 Lori E. Wright VI I Contents 15. Regional Diversity in Classic Maya Diets 196 John P. Gerry and Harold W. Krueger 16. Ancient and Contemporary Mitochondrial DNA Variation in the Maya 208 D. Andrew Merriwether, David M. Reed, and Robert E. Ferrell Part 5. Conclusion 17. Studying Maya Bioarchaeology 221 Jane E. Buikstra Appendix. An Indexed Bibliography of Prehistoric and Early Historic Maya Human Osteology: 1839-1994 229 Marie Elaine Danforth, Stephen L. Whittington, and Keith P. Jacobi References Cited 261 Index 287 ...