The Bioarchaeology of Space and Place Ideology, Power, and Meaning in Maya Mortuary Contexts

The Bioarchaeology of Space and Place investigates variations in social identity among the ancient Maya by focusing on individuals and small groups identified archaeologically by their inclusion in specific, discrete mortuary contexts or by unusual mortuary treatments. Utilizing archaeological, biol...

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Other Authors: Wrobel, Gabriel D. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Sedimenting Social Identity: The Practice of Pre-Columbian Maya Body Partibility
  • Chapter 3: Cueva del Lazo: Child Sacrifice or Special Funerary Treatment? Discussion of a Late Classic Context from the Zoque region of Western Chiapas (Mexico)
  • Chapter 4: A Case Study of Reverential Cave Use from Je’reftheel, Central Belize
  • Chapter 5: Isotopic Insights into Mortuary Treatment and Origin at Xunantunich, Belize
  • Chapter 6: Odontometric Investigation of the Origin of Freestanding Shrine Ossuaries at Mayapan
  • Chapter 7: Human Dedicatory Burials from Altun Ha, Belize: Exploring Residential History Through Enamel Microwear and Tissue Isotopic Compositions
  • Chapter 8: Danse Macabre: Death, Community and Kingdom at El Kinel, Guatemala
  • Chapter 9: Mortuary Pathways and Ritual Meanings Related to Maya Human Bone Deposits in Subterranean Contexts
  • Chapter 10: Mortuary Sealing Among the Maya