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Dietary, environmental, and societal implications of ancient Maya animal use in the Petexbatun : a zooarchaeological perspective on the collapse / Kitty F. Emery

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Author:
Emery, Kitty F  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 366 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Guatemala
Petén (Department)
Petexbatún, Lake, Region
Petén (Guatemala : Department).)
Petexbatún, Lake, Region (Guatemala)
Date:
2010
C2010
Notes:
ANTH copy 39088015201684 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift of William H. Plank.
Contents:
Zooarchaeology and the classic Maya collapse : an introduction -- The study area : the Petexbatun region and polity -- Methods of zooarchaeological investigation -- The Petexbatun zooarchaeological assemblage -- Zooarchaeological reconstructions of environmental change -- Subsistence animal use and the hypothesis of dietary failure -- Worked animal remains and socioeconomic change in the Maya world -- Conclusions : a zooarchaeological perspective on the Maya collapse. -- Appendix 1. Zooarchaeological summary counts at the Petexbatun sites -- Appendix 2. Taxonomic and element identifications and counts at the Petexbatun sites
Topic:
Mayas--Antiquities  Search this
Mayas--Ethnozoology  Search this
Animal remains (Archaeology)  Search this
Ethnozoology--Methodology  Search this
Ethnoarchaeology--Methodology  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_943625