Linda Schele Drawing from Tikal, Altar 5. Disinterred bones rest between two kneeling dancers.  Late Classic. Current Location: Museo Nacional de Antropología y Ethnología, Guatemala City, Guatemala. copyright FAMSI. An Indexed Bibliography of
Prehistoric and Early Historic Maya Human Osteology

Marie Elaine Danforth, Stephen L. Whittington, and Keith P. Jacobi

References

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  1933Maya Mummy Tooth.
Contact Point. 11(1): 102-103.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Anderson, A. H.
  1959More Discoveries at Caracol.
In: Actas del XXXIII Congreso de Americanistas, 1958. 2: 211-218.
San José, Costa Rica.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Bullard, W. R., and M. R. Bullard
  1965Late Classic Finds at Baking Pot, British Honduras.
Toronto: Art and Archaeology Occasional Paper No. 8. Royal Ontario Museum.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Carrillo y Ancona, D. C.
  1886Las cabezas-chatas.
Anales del Museo Nacional de México. 1st series, 3(7a): 272-278.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Coe, W. R.
  1958Piedras Negras Archaeology: Artifacts, Caches, and Burials.
Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1959Burials.
In: Piedras Negras Archaeology: Artifacts, Caches, and Burials. 120-139.
Philadelphia: Museum Monographs. The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Coe, W. R., and M. D. Coe
  1956Excavations at Nohoch Ek, British Honduras.
American Antiquity. 21: 370-382.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Coe, W. R., and V. L. Broman
  1958Tikal Report No. 2. Excavations in the Stela 23 Group.
In: Tikal Reports Nos. 1-4. 23-60.
Philadelphia: Museum Monograph No. 15. The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Dávalos Hurtado, E., and A. Romano Pacheco
  1955Estudio preliminar de los restos osteológicos encontrados en la tumba del Templo de las Inscripciones, Palenque.
Anales del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. 6: 107-110.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
  1973Estudio preliminar de los restos osteológicos encontrados en la tumba del Templo de las Inscripciones, Palenque.
In: El Templo de las Inscripciones, Palenque. edited by A. Ruz Lhuillier 253-254.
México: Colección Científica Arqueológica 7. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Demarest, A., H. Escobedo, J. A. Valdes, S. Houston, L. Wright, and K. Emery
  1991Arqueología, epigrafía y el descubrimiento de una tumba real en el centro ceremonial de Dos Pilas, Petén, Guatemala.
U tz'ib. 1: 14-28.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Demarest, A., J. A. Valdes, H. L. Escobedo Ayala, and S. D. Houston
  1992Una tumba real en el centro ceremonial de Dos Pilas: excavación e implicaciones.
In: V Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 15-18 de julio de 1991. edited by J. P. Laporte, H. L. Escobedo Ayala, and S. Villagrán de Brady 301-315.
Guatemala: Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Escobedo H. L., J. M. Samayoa, and O. Gómez
  1994Las Pacayas: un nuevo sitio arqueológico en la región Petexbatún.
In: VII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 1993. edited by J. P. Laporte and H. L. Escobedo 515-538.
Guatemala: Museo Nacional de Antropología e Etnología.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Fastlicht, S.
  1960Las mutilaciones dentarias entre los mayas.
Anales del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. 12: 111-130.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Gervais, V.
  1989Exostoses auriculaires précolombiennes.
Actes des 4e Journées Anthropologiques. 1-6.
Paris: Dossier de Documentation archéologique No. 13. Éditions du CNRS [Centre National de la Rechérche Scientifique].
Only scattered information of interest
  
Glassman, D. M.
  1994Skeletal Biology of the Prehistoric Maya on Ambergris Cay, Belize (abstract).
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Supplement 18: 95.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Grazioso S., L.
  1992Entierros clásico tardío de un grupo residencial en el noreste de Petén.
In: V Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 15-18 de julio de 1991. edited by J. P. Laporte, H. L. Escobedo Ayala, and S. Villagrán de Brady 143-154.
Guatemala: Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Hammond, N., and T. Molleson
  1994Huguenot Weavers and Maya Kings: Anthropological Assessment Versus Documentary Record of Age at Death.
Mexicon. 16(4): 75-77.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Haviland, W. A.
  1985Burials.
In: Excavations in Small Residential Groups of Tikal, Guatemala: Groups 4F-1 and 4F-2. by W. A. Haviland, M. J. Becker, A. Chowning, K. A. Dixon, and K. Heiderpp 123-153.
Philadelphia: Tikal Report No. 19, University Museum Monograph 58. The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Hester, T. R., J. D. Eaton, and D. G. Steele
  1983La fossa dei crania a Colha.
In: Colha ei maya dei bassipiani. edited by T. Hester, G. Ligabue, S. Salvatori, and M. Sartor 131-133.
Venezia: Erizzo Editrice.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Houston, S., R. Chatham, O. Chinchilla, E Ponciano, and L. Wright
  1992Mapeo y sondeos en Tamarindito.
In: IV Simposio de Arqueología Guatemalteca, 1990. edited by J. P. Laporte, H. L. Escobedo, and S. Villagrán de Brady 169-174.
Guatemala: Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Inomata, T., J. Palka, M. T. Robles, S. Symonds, and L. E. Wright
  1992Excavaciones en grupos residenciales de Dos Pilas.
In: IV Simposio de Arqueología Guatemalteca, 1990. edited by J. P. Laporte, H. L. Escobedo, and S. Villagrán de Brady 141-142.
Guatemala: Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Kidder, A. V.
  1937Notes on the Ruins of San Agustin Acasaguastlan, Guatemala.
Washington: Contributions to American Archaeology Vol. 3, No. 15. Publication No. 456. Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Longyear, J. M.
  1952Skeletal Data.
In: Copan Ceramics. Publication No. 597: 87.
Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Only scattered information of interest
  
López Alonso, S.
  1968Material osteológico de Jaina: craneos.
In: Jaina: la casa en el agua. edited by R. Piña Chan 83-99.
México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Márquez de González, L., and R. Harrington
  1981aSpongy Hyperostosis and Cribra Orbitalia in a Maya Subadult Temple.
Paleopathology Newsletter. No. 35: 12-13.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
  1981bSubadult Ossuary in a Chultun at Chichen Itza, Yucatan (abstract).
Papers on Paleopathology Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Paleopathology Association, Detroit. edited by E. Cockburn D3.
Detroit: Paleopathology Association.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Márquez Morfín, L., and P. Schmidt
  1984Osario infantil en un chultún en Chichén Itzá.
In: Investigaciones recientes en el área maya. tomo II: 89-104.
San Cristobal de las Casas: Memorias de la XVII Mesa Redonda, 1981. Sociedad Mexicana de Antropología.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Massey, V. K.
  1988Cut Marks on the Colha, Belize, Skull Pit Skeletal Material (abstract).
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 75: 247.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1994Osteological Analysis of the Skull Pit Children.
In: Continuing Archeology at Colha, Belize. edited by T. R. Hester, H. J. Shafer, and J. D. Eaton 209-220.
Austin: Studies in Archeology 16. Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Mock, S. B.
  1994Destruction and Denouement during the Late-Terminal Classic: The Colha Skull Pit.
Continuing Archeology at Colha, Belize. edited by T. R. Hester, H. J. Shafer, and J. D. Eaton 221-231.
Austin: Studies in Archeology 16. Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Moedano Koer, H.
  1946Jaina: un cementerio maya.
Revista Mexicana de Estudios Antropológicos. 8: 217-242.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Pijoan Aguadé, C. M., and M. E. Salas Cuesta
  1984La población prehispánica de Jaina: análisis osteológico.
In: Investigaciones recientes en el área maya. tomo II: 471-480.
San Cristobal de las Casas: Memorias de la XVII Mesa Redonda, 1981. Sociedad Mexicana de Antropología.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Pompa y Padilla, J. A.
  1984Jaina y Chichén Itzá: morfología dentaria normal de dos muestras de la población maya prehispánica.
In: Investigaciones recientes en el área maya. tomo II: 481-489.
San Cristobal de las Casas: Memorias de la XVII Mesa Redonda, 1981. Sociedad Mexicana de Antropología.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Rands, B. C., and R. L. Rands
  1961Excavations in a Cemetery at Palenque.
Estudios de Cultura Maya. 1: 87-106.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Reed, D. M.
  1994Ancient Maya Diet at Copan, Honduras, as Determined through Analysis of Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopes.
In: Paleonutrition: The Diet and Health of Prehistoric Americans. edited by K. D. Sobolik 210-221.
Carbondale: Occasional Papers Series Vol. 22. Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Ruz Lhuillier, A.
  1954Exploraciones en Palenque: 1952.
Anales del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. 6(34): 79-106.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Saul, F. P.
  1975Appendix 8 - Human Remains from Lubaatun.
In: Lubaantun, a Classic Maya Realm. edited by N. Hammond 389-410.
Cambridge: Peabody Museum Monographs No. 2. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Saul, F. P., A. J. Christoforidis, J. M. Saul, D. C. Cook, and J. T. Benítez
  1981The Antiquity of Paget's Disease in the Maya Area (abstract).
In: Papers on Paleopathology Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Paleopathology Association, Detroit. edited by E. Cockburn D3.
Detroit: Paleopathology Association.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Saul, F. P., and N. Hammond
  1973A Classic Maya Tooth Cache from Lubaantun, British Honduras.
In: Studies in Ancient Mesoamerica. edited by J. Graham 31-35.
Berkeley: Contributions of the University of California Archaeological Research Facility 18.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
  1974A Classic Maya Tooth Cache from Lubaantun, Belize.
Man. 9: 123-127.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Smith, A. L.
  1937Structure A-XVIII, Uaxactun.
Washington: Contributions to American Archaeology No. 20. Publication No. 483. Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Steele, D. G., J. D. Eaton, and A. J. Taylor
  1980The Skulls from Operation 2011 at Colha: A Preliminary Examination.
In: The Colha Project, Second Season, 1980 Interim Report. edited by T. R. Hester, H. J. Shafer, and J. D. Eaton 163-172.
The University of Texas at San Antonio and Center for Archaeological Research, Centro Studi e Ricerche Liguabue, Venezia, San Antonio.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Storey, R.
  1985Precolumbian Child and Infant Mortality in Teotihuacan and Copan (abstract).
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 66: 234-235.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1986Entierros y clase social en Copán, Honduras: aspectos biológicas.
Yaxkin. 9: 55-61.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1988Prenatal Enamel Defects in Teotihuacan and Copan (abstract).
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 75: 275-276.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1992The Children of Copan: Issues in Paleopathology and Paleodemography.
Ancient Mesoamerica. 3: 161-167.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
  1994Developmental Defects of Enamel and Children of Privilege in One Late Classic Maya Center (abstract).
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Supplement 18: 189.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Thompson, E. H.
  1897Explorations in the Cave of Loltun, Yucatan. Vol. 1, No. 2.
Cambridge: Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Thompson, J. E. S.
  1932Some Jade Inlaid Teeth of Ancient Mayas.
Field Museum News. 3(3): 3.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1940Late Ceramic Horizons at Benque Viejo, British Honduras. No. 35. Publication No. 528
Washington: Contributions to American Anthropology and History, Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Urcid, J.
  1993Bone and Epigraphy: The Accurate Versus the Fictitious?.
Texas Notes on Precolumbian Art, Writing and Culture. No. 42: 1-5.
Austin: The University of Texas at Austin.
Only scattered information of interest
  
van Tuerenhout, D., R. Méndez, I. Verhagen, and P. Aldritt
  1994Investigaciones arqueológicas en Quim Chi Hilan: temporadas de 1992 y 1993.
In: VII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 1993. edited by J. P. Laporte and H. L. Escobedo 471-493.
Guatemala: Museo Nacional de Antropología e Etnología.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Wauchope, R.
  1934Housemounds at Uaxactun.
Washington: Contributions to American Archaeology No. 7. Publication No. 436. Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Whittington, S. L.
  1988Use of Event History Analysis to Expose Statistically Significant Demographic Differences Between Populations (abstract).
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 75: 287-288.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1991Enamel Hypoplasia in the Low Status Maya Population of Copan, Honduras, around the Time of the Collapse (abstract).
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Supplement 12: 183.
Only scattered information of interest
  

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