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Reconstructing ancient Maya diet / edited by Christine D. White.

By: White, Christine D
Language: English Publisher: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, 1999.Description: xxvii, 260p. : map, plan, tables ; 26cm.ISBN: 087480602X
Contents:
Contents: I, Botanical and faunal analyses. Plant resources of the ancient Maya / D.L. Lentz; Classification of useful plants by the northern Petén Maya (Itzaj) / Scott Atran; Continuity and variability in postclassic and colonial animal use / Kitty F. Emery; Social and ecological aspects of preclassic Maya meat consumption / Leslie C. Shaw; II, Paleopathology. Coming up short: stature and nutrition among the ancient Maya of the southern lowlands / M.E. Danforth; Land use, diet and their effects on the prehistoric Maya, Belize / D.M. Glassman, J.F. Garber; Dietary change at the Maya site of Kichpanha / A.L. Magennis; Caries and antemortum tooth loss at Copán / Stephen L. Whittington; Late classic nutrition and skeletal indicators at Copán / Rebecca Storey; III, Bone chemistry. Cuisine from Hun-Nal-Ye / D. Millard Reed; The elements of Maya diets / Lori E. Wright; Dietary carbonate analysis of bone and enamel, Belize / S. Coyston, C.D. White, H.P. Schwarcz.
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Includes bibl. references.

Contents: I, Botanical and faunal analyses. Plant resources of the ancient Maya / D.L. Lentz; Classification of useful plants by the northern Petén Maya (Itzaj) / Scott Atran; Continuity and variability in postclassic and colonial animal use / Kitty F. Emery; Social and ecological aspects of preclassic Maya meat consumption / Leslie C. Shaw; II, Paleopathology. Coming up short: stature and nutrition among the ancient Maya of the southern lowlands / M.E. Danforth; Land use, diet and their effects on the prehistoric Maya, Belize / D.M. Glassman, J.F. Garber; Dietary change at the Maya site of Kichpanha / A.L. Magennis; Caries and antemortum tooth loss at Copán / Stephen L. Whittington; Late classic nutrition and skeletal indicators at Copán / Rebecca Storey; III, Bone chemistry. Cuisine from Hun-Nal-Ye / D. Millard Reed; The elements of Maya diets / Lori E. Wright; Dietary carbonate analysis of bone and enamel, Belize / S. Coyston, C.D. White, H.P. Schwarcz.