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

Allen, D. J., F. P. Saul, and J. M. Saul
  1982Scanning Electron Microscopy Study of a Coprolite from Cancun, Mexico: A Pilot Study (abstract).
Abstracts of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Paleopathology Association, Toledo. Edited by E. Cockburn 15.
Detroit: Paleopathology Association.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Gerry, J. P.
  1993Diet and Status among the Classic Maya: An Isotopic Perspective.
Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge. University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Hatch, J. W., and R. A. Geidel
  1985Status-Specific Dietary Variation in Two World Cultures.
Journal of Human Evolution. 14: 469-476.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Schwarcz, H. P., and M. J. Schoeninger
  1991Stable Isotope Analysis in Human Nutritional Ecology.
Yearbook of Physical Anthropology. 34: 283-321.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Schwarcz, H. P., C. D. White, and P. F. Healy
  1993Diversity in Pre-Columbian Diet: The Evidence from Pacbitun, Belize (abstract).
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Supplement 16: 176.
Only scattered information of interest
  
White, C. D., and H. P. Schwarcz
  1989Ancient Diet: As Inferred from Isotopic and Elemental Analysis of Human Bone.
Journal of Archaeological Science. 16: 451-476.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
White, C. D., P. F. Healy, and H. P. Schwarcz
  1993Intensive Agriculture, Social Status and Maya Diet at Pacbitun, Belize.
Journal of Anthropological Research. 49: 347-375.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Wright, L. E.
  1993aPrehistoric Diet in the Collapse of the Pasion Maya (abstract).
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Supplement 16: 213.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1993bLa dieta antigua en la región del Río de la Pasión.
In: VI Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 1992. edited by J. L. Laporte, H. L. Escobedo, and S. Villagrán de Brady 201-208.
Guatemala: Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  

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