Routledge Handbook of Mesoamerican Bioarchaeology

INTRODUCTION

Vera Tiesler

Part I: FRAMING MESOAMERICAN BIOARCHAEOLOGY

1.1. The Early Days of Mesoamerican Osteology

Andrew K. Scherer

1.2. Management and Conservation of Human Remains From Mesoamerica: Ethical, Legal, and Technical Recommendations

Maria del Carmen Lerma Gomez and Juan Manuel Argueelles San Milan

1.3. The Preceramic Skeletal Record of Mexico and Central America

James C. Chatters, Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales, and Pilar Luna-Erreguerena

1.4. North of Mesoamerica: Bioarchaeology of the Northwest, North-Central, and Northeast

Patricia Olga Hernandez Espinoza and James T. Watson

1.5. Bioarchaeological Studies in the Southern Periphery of Mesoamerica

Shintaro Suzuki

Part II: ACROSS THE HUMAN LANDSCAPES OF PRE-COLUMBIAN MESOAMERICA

2.1. The Bioarchaeology of Preclassic Mesoamerica and the Advent of Statehood

Monica Rodriguez Perez

2.2. Bioarchaeology of Oaxaca: Major Developments in the Study of 3500 years of Mortuary Practice in Southern Mexico

Ricardo Higelin Ponce de Leon and Guy David Hepp

2.3. Maya Bioarchaeology

Andrew K. Scherer and Joshua T. Schnell

2.4. The People of the Southern Central Region of Veracruz

Carlos Serrano Sanchez and Mireya Montiel Mendoza

2.5. The Bioarchaeology of the Central Highlands of Mesoamerica From the Early Classic Period Through the Toltec Period

Emily J. Kate and Meggan Bullock

2.6. The Heartland of the Empire: Studying the Aztecs

Ximena Chavez Balderas, Diana K. Moreiras Reynaga, and Diana Bustos Rios

Part III: THE BIOARCHAEOLOGY OF CITIES, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND COMMUNITIES

3.1. The Inhabitants of Monte Alban: A Bioarchaeological Approach

Lourdes Marquez Morfin and Aurora Marcela Perez-Florez

3.2. The Multiethnic Population of a Teotihuacan Neighborhood Center: Bioarchaeological, Archaeometric, and Ancient DNA Analyses

Linda R. Manzanilla-Naim

3.3. The Community of Xcambo, a Classic-Period Maya Port in the Yucatan Peninsula

Thelma Sierra Sosa, Allan Ortega-Munoz, and Andrea Cucina

3.4. Bioarchaeology in Copan, Honduras: Spearheading Maya Bioarchaeology

Shintaro Suzuki and T. Douglas Price

Part IV: THE BODY AS A CULTURAL CONSTRUCT

4.1. The Bioarchaeology of Permanent Body Modifications in Mesoamerica

Vera Tiesler

4.2. Royal Bodies: The Life Histories of Janaab' Pakal and The "Red Queen" of Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico

Erik Velasquez Garcia and Vera Tiesler

4.3. Archaeothanatology: A Body-Anchored Approach to Mesoamerican Mortuary Analyses

Gregory Pereira and Hemmamuthe Goudiaby

4.4. The Bioarchaeology of Ritualized Violence and Posthumous Treatments of the Human Body in Mesoamerica

Judith Ruiz Gonzalez and Vera Tiesler

Part V: LIFE STYLE, DIET, AND HEALTH

5.1. Mesoamerican Paleopathology: A Bioarchaeological Approach to Diseases From the Past

Raul Lopez Perez

5.2. Living Conditions, Gender, and Stature

Marie Elaine Danforth, Jaime Thomas, and Peter Mercier

5.3. Geographic Variation in Mesoamerican Paleodiets: A Review of Recent Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Analyses

Victoria S. R. Izzo, Lori E. Wright, and Alex Canterbury

Part VI: POPULATION AND MOBILITY

6.1. Population Continuity and Mobility Across Mesoamerica

Cathy Willermet, Corey S. Ragsdale, and Heather J.H. Edgar

6.2. Baseline Strontium Isotope Ratios in Mesoamerica

T. Douglas Price and Carolyn Freiwald

6.3. The Paleo-DNA of Ancient Mesoamerican Peoples

Victor Acuna Alonzo and Miguel Angel Contreras Sieck

6.4. Population Structure, Fertility, and Growth

Allan Ortega Munoz and Patricia Olga Hernandez-Espinoza

6.5. The Craniometry of Mesoamerican Population Distances

Jorge A. Gomez-Valdes

Part VII: BREAKING NEW GROUNDS IN METHODOLOGY

7.1. 3D Digitization and Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains for Mesoamerican Bioarchaeology

Gabriel Wrobel

7.2. Methods in Bioarchaeology: What's New in Profiling an Individual Inside and Out

Carolyn Freiwald, Jonathan Belanich, and Asta Rand

7.3. Histomorphology of Un-Decalcified Bone in Mesoamerican Bioarchaeology

Corey Maggiano and Isabel Maggiano

7.4. The Phenomenon of Mummification in Ancient Mexico

Josefina Mansilla Lory and Ilan S. Leboreiro Reyna

Part VIII: THE BIOARCHAEOLOGY OF THE THRESHOLDS OF MODERNITY: LEARNING FROM THE PAST TO MEET TODAY'S CHALLENGES

8.1. The Bioarchaeology of Colonial New Spain

Julie K. Wesp

8.2. The Serdan Brothers: Reconstructing the Mortuary Trajectory of the Three Heroes of the Mexican Revolution

Luisa Mainou Cervantes and Jorge A. Gomez Valdes

8.3. General Trends in Size in Maya Populations of the Yucatan Peninsula From the Preclassic to the 2010s: A Diachronic Perspective From Human EcologyHugo Azcorra, Saul Chay Vela, Oana del Castillo Chavez, and Federico Dickinson Bannack

8.4. Making Research of Human Reference Collections Available to Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology

Julio Roberto Chi Keb, Antinea Menendez Garmendia, Gabriela Sanchez-Mejorada, and Jorge Gomez-Valdes

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• Arqueologia por períodos e regiões
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Ancient DNA Analysis;Linear Enamel Hypoplasia;Young Men;Monte Negro;Ancient DNA;El Zapotal;Porotic Hyperostosis;Dental Decoration;Altar De Sacrificios;Enamel Hypoplasia;Middle Preclassic;Piedras Negras;Postclassic Periods;Cranial Modifications;Bioarchaeological Research;Cribra Orbitalia;Mesoamerican Populations;Preclassic Period;Late Preclassic;Skeletal Collection;Dental Inlay;Middle Preclassic Period;Casa Grandes;Biological Distances;Feathered Serpent