Before Kukulkán : Bioarchaeology of Maya Life, Death, and Identity at Classic Period Yaxuná /

"A significant look at Maya life prior to Chichen Itzá during the Classic Period in the Yucatan"--Provided by publisher.

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Main Author: Tiesler, Vera
Other Authors: Ardren, Traci, Freidel, David A., Stanton, Travis W., Cucina, Andrea
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Traci Ardren; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Bioarchaeology of YaxunÃ; Part I. Living at YaxunÃ; 1. Yaxunà in Context; 2. Individual Movement, Migration, and Population Dynamics in the Northern Maya Lowlands; 3. Growing Up in YaxunÃ: Demography, Lifestyle, and Health in a Classic Period Capital; 4. Foodways, Diet, and Nutrition; 5. Physical Embodiment and Social Identities at YaxunÃ; Part II. YaxunÃâ#x80;#x99;s Dead; 6. Passing, Mourning, and Procuring Permanence; 7. Eternal Performance: The Royal Tombs.
  • 8. Feeding the Gods in YaxunÃ: Sacrifice and Human Caches9. The Cycling of an Era: ChichÃn Itzà and the Decline of YaxunÃ; Notes; References.