Before Kukulkán : Bioarchaeology of Maya Life, Death, and Identity at Classic Period Yaxuná / Vera Tiesler, Andrea Cucina, Travis W. Stanton and David A. Freidel ; foreword by Traci Ardren.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2017Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (400 pages): illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
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  • 9780816541713
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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.
Summary: "A significant look at Maya life prior to Chichen Itzá during the Classic Period in the Yucatan"--Provided by publisher.
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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.

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