Archaeology and Bioarchaeology of Population Movement among the Prehispanic Maya

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cucina, Andrea (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Archaeology,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.

Archaeological evidence - i.e. presence of exogenous, foreign material objects (pottery, obsidian and so on) - is used to make inferences on ancient trade, while population movement can only be assessed when the biological component of an ancient community is analyzed (i.e. the human skeletal remain...