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

Adams, R. E. W.
  1992Tombs of Rio Azul.
National Geographic Research and Exploration. 8: 412-427.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Agurcia Fasquelle, R., and W. R. Fash, Jr.
  1989A Royal Maya Tomb Discovered.
National Geographic. 176: 480-487.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Ashmead, A. S.
  1896Evidences in Yucatan as to the Possible Connection of Precolumbian Syphilis with Asia.
Journal of Cutaneous and Genito-Urinary Diseases. 14: 93-99.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Blom, F.
  1923Las ruinas de Palenque: Xupa y Finca Encanto.
México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Blom, F., and O. LaFarge
  1926-1927Tribes and Temples. 2 vols. Middle American Research Institute Publication No. 1
New Orleans: Tulane University.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Brady, J. E., L. F. Luin, L. Wright, C Foncea de Ponciano, and S. Villagrán de Brady
  1992Descubrimientos recientes en la Cueva de Sangre de Dos Pilas.
IV Simposio de Arqueología Guatemalteca, 1990. edited by J. P. Laporte, H. L. Escobedo Ayala, and S. Villagrán de Brady 153-168.
Guatemala: Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Chase, D. Z., and A. F. Chase
  1988A Postclassic Perspective: Excavations at the Maya Site of Santa Rita Corozal, Belize.
San Francisco: Monograph 4. Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Clarke, N. G., S. E. Carey, W. Srikandi, R. S. Hirsch, and P. I. Leppard
  1986Periodontal Disease in Ancient Populations.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 71: 173-183.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Coe, W. R.
  1965Tikal, Guatemala, and Emergent Maya Civilization.
Science. 147: 1401-1419.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Coe, W. R., and M. D. Coe
  1956Excavations at Nohoch Ek, British Honduras.
American Antiquity. 21: 370-382.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Danforth, M. E.
  1987Dental Microdefects in a Colonial Maya Population (abstract).
In: Papers on Paleopathology Presented at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Paleopathology Association, New York. edited by E. Cockburn 13-14.
Detroit: Paleopathology Association.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1988A Comparison of Health Patterns in the Classic and Colonial Maya Using Microscopic Dental Indicators (abstract).
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 75: 201-202.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1989aEnamel Microdefect Formation in Deciduous Teeth (abstract).
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 78: 209.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1989bA Comparison of Childhood Health Patterns in the Late Classic and Colonial Maya Using Enamel Microdefects.
Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington. University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
  1991Childhood Health Patterns at Tipu: Evidence from Harris Lines (abstract).
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Supplement 12: 65.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1993Marriage and Childbirth in Colonial Tipu.
Community College Humanities Review. 38-44.
Special issue from NEH Summer Institute: Texts of the Pre-Columbian/Spanish Encounters, 1492-1650.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Danforth, M. E., S. L. Bennett, M. N. Cohen, and H. Melkunas
  1985Femoral Cortical Involution in a Colonial Maya Population (abstract).
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 66: 162.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Dávalos Hurtado, E.
  1953Investigaciones osteopatológicas prehispánicas en México.
Memoria del Congreso Científico Mexicano. 12: 78-81.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Dillon, B. D., L. Brunker, and K. O. Pope
  1985Ancient Maya Autoamputation? A Possible Case from Salinas de los Nueve Cerros, Guatemala.
Journal of New World Archaeology. 5(4): 24-38.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Dunning, N., L. E. Wright, K. Emery, E. Secaira, D. Lentz, T. Breach, and D. Rue
  1992Ecología, agricultura, y nutrición en los siglos 7 y 8 en la región de Petexbatún.
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 163-171.
Guatemala: Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Evans, D. T.
  1973A Preliminary Evaluation of Tooth Tartar among the Preconquest Maya of the Tayasal Area, El Peten, Guatemala.
American Antiquity. 38: 489-493.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Gann, T. W. F.
  1901Recent Discoveries in Central America Proving the Pre-Columbian Existence of Syphilis in the New World.
Lancet. October 12: 968-970.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Gann, T. W. F., and M. Gann
  1939Archaeological Investigations in the Corozal District of British Honduras.
Washington: Bulletin 123, Anthropological Papers No. 7. Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithonian Institution.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Goff, C. W.
  1967Syphilis.
In: Diseases in Antiquity. edited by D. Brothwell and A. T. Sandison 279-294.
Springfield: Charles C. Thomas.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Graham, E., D. M. Pendergast, and G. T. Jones
  1989On the Fringes of Conquest: Maya-Spanish Contact in Colonial Belize.
Science. 246: 1254-1259.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Guillemin, G. F.
  1967The Ancient Cakchiquel Capital at Iximche.
Expedition. 9(2): 22-35.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Hammond, N.
  1982Unearthing the Oldest Known Maya.
National Geographic. 162: 126-140.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Hammond, N., A. Clarke, and C. Robin
  1991Middle Preclassic Buildings and Burials at Cuello, Belize: 1990 Investigations.
Latin American Antiquity. 2: 352-363.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Hooton, E. A.
  1930Pathology.
In: Indians of the Pecos Pueblo. 306-330.
New Haven: Papers of the Southwestern Expedition No. 4. Yale University Press.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Lagunas, Z.
  1970Nota sobre el hallazgo de craneos con lesión suprainiana en Cholula.
Boletín del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. No. 39: 1-4.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Magennis, A. L., and A. E. Jansen
  1994Dietary Change at the Lowland Maya Site of Kichpanha, Belize (abstract).
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Supplement 18: 135.
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 N. González Crespo
  1985Las momias de la iglesia de Santa Elena, Yucatán: estudio antropofísico.
México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
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
  
Martínez Lavin, M., J. Mansilla, C. Pineda, C. Pijoan, and P. Ochoa
  1994Evidence of Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy in Human Skeletal Remains from Prehispanic Mesoamerica.
Annals of Internal Medicine. 120: 238-241.
Only scattered information of interest
  
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
  
Moore, S.
  1929The Bone Changes in Sickle Cell Anemia with Note on Similar Changes Observed in Skulls of Ancient Maya Indians.
Journal of the Missouri State Medical Association. 26: 561-564.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Ortner, D. J., and W. G. J. Putschar
  1985Metabolic Disorders.
Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remains. 270-297.
Washington: Reprinted. Originally published 1981. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology No. 28. Smithsonian Institution.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Peña Saint Martin, F.
  1985Nutrición entre los mayas prehispánicos. Un estudio osteobiográfico.
Cuicuilco. 4(16): 5-16.
México: Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Pendergast, D. M.
  1969Altun Ha, British Honduras (Belize): The Sun God's Tomb.
Toronto: Art and Archaeology, Occasional Paper 19. Royal Ontario Museum.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1979Excavations at Altun Ha, Belize, 1964-1970. vol. 1
Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1982Excavations at Altun Ha, Belize, 1964-1970. vol. 2
Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Pendergast, D. M., M. H. Bartley, and G. J. Armelagos
  1968A Maya Tooth Offering from Yakalche, British Honduras.
Man. 3: 635-643.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Saul, F. P.
  1977The Paleopathology of Anemia in Mexico and Guatemala.
In: Porotic Hyperostosis: An Enquiry. edited by E. Cockburn Monograph No. 2: 10-15, 18.
Detroit: Paleopathology Association.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1978aPostmortem for an Empire (abstract).
In: Papers and Exhibits on Paleopathology Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Paleopathology Association at the Academy of Medicine, Toronto. edited by E. Cockburn T6.
Detroit: Paleopathology Association.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1978bOsteitis or Bone Inflammation and the Question of Pre-Columbian Syphilis (and/or Yaws) among the Maya (abstract).
In: Papers and Exhibits on Paleopathology Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Paleopathology Association at the Academy of Medicine, Toronto. edited by E. Cockburn T9-T10.
Detroit: Paleopathology Association.
Only scattered information of interest
  
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., J. M. Saul, and A. J. Christoforidis
  1985Maya Paleopathology 1985 (abstract).
In: Papers on Paleopathology Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Paleopathology Association, Knoxville. edited by E. Cockburn 9-10.
Detroit: Paleopathology Association.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Sharer, R. J.
  1978Special Deposits.
In: The Prehistory of Chalchuapa, El Salvador. edited by R. J. Sharer 1: 181-194.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Sharer, R. J., and S. E. Sedat
  1987Special Deposits.
In: Archaeological Investigations in the Northern Maya Highlands, Guatemala. edited by R. J. Sharer and S. E. Sedat 261-266.
Philadelphia: University Museum Monograph 59. The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania.
Only scattered information of interest
  
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
  
Steinbock, R. T.
  1976Paleopathological Diagnosis and Interpretation.
Springfield: Charles C. Thomas.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Stephens, J. L.
  1843Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan.
New York: Harper Brothers.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Storey, R.
  1986Entierros y clase social en Copán, Honduras: aspectos biológicas.
Yaxkin. 9: 55-61.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1992Patterns of Susceptibility of Dental Defects in the Deciduous Dentition of a Pre-Columbian Skeletal Population.
In: Recent Contributions to the Study of Enamel Developmental Defects. edited by A. H. Goodman and L. Capasso 171-183.
Chieti: Journal of Paleopathology Monograph No. 2. Associazione Antropologica Abruzze.
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, J. E. S.
  1931Archaeological Investigations in the Southern Cayo District, British Honduras. Anthropological Series Vol. 17, No. 3, Publ. 301
Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1938Notes on the Report.
In: The High Priest's Grave, Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. by E. H. Thompson Anthropological Series Vol. 27, No. 1. Publ. 412: 45-53.
Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Trik, A. S.
  1953Graves.
In: The Ruins of Zaculeu, Guatemala. edited by R. B. Woodbury and A. S. Trik 77-111.
Richmond: United Fruit Co.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Velásquez, J. L.
  1993Un entierro dedicatorio a finales del preclásico medio en Kaminaljuyú, Guatemala.
In: III Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 1989. edited by J. P. Laporte, H. L. Escobedo, and S. Villagrán de Brady 199-208.
Guatemala: Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Welsh, W. B. M.
  1988aAn Analysis of Classic Lowland Maya Burials. International Series 409
Oxford: British Archaeological Reports.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1988bA Case for the Practice of Human Sacrifice among the Classic Lowland Maya.
In: Recent Studies in Precolumbian Archaeology. International Series 421: 143-165.
Oxford: British Archaeological Reports.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Whittington, S. L.
  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
  
  1992Enamel Hypoplasia in the Low Status Maya Population of Prehispanic Copan, Honduras.
In: Recent Contributions to the Study of Enamel Developmental Defects. edited by A. H. Goodman and L. Capasso Journal of Paleopathology Monograph No. 2: 185-205.
Chieti: Associazone Antropologica Abruzze.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
Williams, H. U.
  1929Human Paleopathology.
Archives of Pathology. 7: 839-902.
Only scattered information of interest
  
Wright, L. E.
  1990aStresses of Conquest: A Study of Wilson Bands and Enamel Hypoplasias in the Maya of Lamanai, Belize.
American Journal of Human Biology. 2: 25-35.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  
  1990bAn Archaeological Application of Cementum Annulation at Tipu, Belize (abstract).
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 81: 320.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1993Prehistoric Health Status in the Pasion Maya Lowlands: Ecological Collapse Reconsidered (abstract).
Papers on Paleopathology Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Paleopathology Association, Toronto. edited by E. Cockburn 27-28.
Detroit: Paleopathology Association.
Only scattered information of interest
  
  1994Enfermidad, salud y el colapso maya en las tierras bajas.
In: VII Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala, 1993. edited by J. L. Laporte and H. L. Escobedo 553-562.
Guatemala: Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología.
Primary emphasis on Maya skeletal biology
  

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