Bioanthropological1 researches carried out in the last few decades have given special
emphasis to the study of the relation between disease, as well as social and environmental …

The present bioarchaeological study examines the external diaphyseal geometric properties
of humeri, radii, femora and tibiae of the Classic period skeletal population of Xcambó …

Objectives Found throughout the ancient Near East during the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2000–
1600 BCE), many modern scholars emphasize that weapon‐associated burials are …

During the first half of the last century, studies of Maya skeletal remains gave emphasis
mainly to head shaping and dental decoration, while little or no attention was bestowed to …

We take an archaeodemographic approach and provide new insights into the population
and demographic shifts of the prehispanic site of Xcambo, Yucatan, Mexico. Located in the …

Paleodemographic simulations are rare in the Maya region, because generally the skeletal
collections do not represent well the ancient living population, are poorly preserved, and …

The present study explores four different regression formulae for the histological assessment
of age at death in ribs and their performance in a prehispanic Classic Maya population …

Previous archaeological research on dental health in the New World has documented
significant sex differences in antemortem tooth loss (AMTL), with a much higher rate of AMTL …

This chapter explores the core topic of this volume—ie global research perspectives in the
study of archaeologically retrieved human remains—from the Peninsula of Yucatan. Being …

Introduction Artificial cranial modification (ACM) is a widespread cultural phenomenon that
has been reported in human populations from Late Pleistocene to present day all over the …