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3 | (16) |
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PART I Framing Mesoamerican Bioarchaeology |
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1.1 The Early Days of Mesoamerican Osteology |
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21 | (12) |
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1.2 Management and Conservation of Human Remains From Mesoamerica: Ethical, Legal, and Technical Recommendations |
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33 | (16) |
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Maria del Carmen Lerma Gomez |
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Juan Manuel Argtielles San Milan |
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1.3 The Preceramic Skeletal Record of Mexico and Central America |
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49 | (26) |
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1.4 North of Mesoamerica: Bioarchaeology of the Northwest, North-Central, and Northeast |
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75 | (34) |
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Patricia Olga Hernandez-Espinoza |
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1.5 Bioarchaeological Studies in the Southern Periphery of Mesoamerica |
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109 | (24) |
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PART II Across the Human Landscapes of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica |
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133 | (104) |
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2.1 The Bioarchaeology of Preclassic Mesoamerica and the Advent of Statehood |
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135 | (15) |
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2.2 Bioarchaeology of Oaxaca: Major Developments in the Study of 3500 Years of Mortuary Practice in Southern Mexico |
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150 | (18) |
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Ricardo Higelin Ponce de Leon |
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168 | (13) |
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2.4 The People of the Southern Central Region of Veracruz |
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181 | (17) |
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2.5 The Bioarchaeology of the Central Highlands of Mesoamerica From the Early Classic Period Through the Toltec Period |
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198 | (22) |
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2.6 The Heartland of the Empire: Studying the Aztecs |
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220 | (17) |
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Diana K. Moreiras Reynaga |
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PART III The Bioarchaeology of Cities, Neighborhoods, and Communities |
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237 | (90) |
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3.1 The Inhabitants of Monte Alban: A Bioarchaeological Approach |
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239 | (31) |
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Aurora Marcela Perez-Florez |
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3.2 The Multiethnic Population of a Teotihuacan Neighborhood Center: Bioarchaeological, Archaeometric, and Ancient DNA Analyses |
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270 | (20) |
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3.3 The Community of Xcambo, a Classic-Period Maya Port in the Yucatan Peninsula |
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290 | (16) |
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3.4 Bioarchaeology at Copan, Honduras: Spearheading Maya Bioarchaeology |
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306 | (21) |
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PART IV The Body as a Cultural Construct |
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327 | (80) |
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4.1 The Bioarchaeology of Permanent Body Modifications in Mesoamerica |
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329 | (19) |
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4.2 Royal Bodies: The Life Histories of Janaab' Pakal and the "Red Queen" of Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico |
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348 | (16) |
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4.3 Archaeothanatology: A Body-Anchored Approach to Mesoamerican Mortuary Analyses |
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364 | (22) |
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4.4 The Bioarchaeology of Ritualized Violence and Posthumous Treatments of the Human Body in Mesoamerica |
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386 | (21) |
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PART V Life Style, Diet, and Health |
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407 | (60) |
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5.1 Mesoamerican Paleopathology: A Bioarchaeological Approach to Diseases From the Past |
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409 | (18) |
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5.2 Living Conditions, Gender, and Stature |
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427 | (14) |
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5.3 Geographic Variation in Mesoamerican Paleodiets: A Review of Recent Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Analyses |
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441 | (26) |
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PART VI Population and Mobility |
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467 | (94) |
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6.1 Population Continuity and Mobility Across Mesoamerica |
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469 | (17) |
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6.2 Baseline Strontium Isotope Ratios in Mesoamerica |
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486 | (24) |
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6.3 The Paleo-DNA of Ancient Mesoamerican Peoples |
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510 | (21) |
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Miguel Angel Contreras Sieck |
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6.4 Population Structure, Fertility, and Growth |
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531 | (17) |
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Patricia Olga Hernandez-Espinoza |
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6.5 The Craniometry of Mesoamerican Population Distances |
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548 | (13) |
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PART VII Breaking New Grounds in Methodology |
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561 | (70) |
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7.1 3D Digitization and Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains for Mesoamerican Bioarchaeology |
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563 | (14) |
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7.2 Methods in Bioarchaeology: What's New in Profiling an Individual Inside and Out |
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577 | (24) |
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7.3 Histomorphology of Un-Decalcified Bone in Mesoamerican Bioarchaeology |
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601 | (16) |
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7.4 The Phenomenon of Mummification in Ancient Mexico |
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617 | (14) |
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PART VIII The Bioarchaeology of the Thresholds of Modernity: Learning From the Past to Meet Today's Challenges |
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631 | (73) |
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8.1 The Bioarchaeology of Colonial New Spain |
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633 | (18) |
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8.2 The Serdan Brothers: Reconstructing the Mortuary Trajectory of the Three Heroes of the Mexican Revolution |
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651 | (20) |
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8.3 General Trends in Size in Maya Populations of the Yucatan Peninsula From the Preclassic to the 2010s: A Diachronic Perspective From Human Ecology |
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671 | (18) |
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Federico Dickinson Bannack |
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8.4 Making Research of Human Reference Collections Available to Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology |
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689 | (15) |
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Antinea Menendez Garmendia |
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Gabriela Sanchez-Mejorada |
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