BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SACRIFICIAL VICTIMS FROM A POSTCLASSIC MAYA TEMPLE FROM IXLU, El PETEN, GUATEMALA

Excavations at the site of Ixlú in northern Guatemala recovered a series of skulls and dismembered postcrania from a Postclassic (ca. A.D. 1000—1525) Maya temple. The current study considers demography, taphonomy (including mortuary processing), cultural modification and biological distance among th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Latin American Antiquity. - Society for American Archaeology. - 22(2011), 4, Seite 549-572
1. Verfasser: Duncan, William N. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2011
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Latin American Antiquity
Schlagworte:Biological sciences Physical sciences Behavioral sciences Religion Applied sciences