Description: This volume illuminates human lifeways in the northern Maya lowlands prior to the rise of Chichén Itzá. Using bioarchaeology, mortuary archaeology, and culturally sensitive mainstream archaeology, the authors create an in-depth regional understanding while also laying out broader ways of learning about the Maya past.
Review Quotes: "Provides solid bioarchaeological evidence and modern laboratory analysis to improve our understanding of Classic Maya migration, diet, health, and social identity."--Joel W. Palka, author of Unconquered Lacandon Maya
"With its highly detailed and technical analysis of the skeletal remains from Yaxuná, this pioneering volume will illuminate new paths for future Maya research."--Walter R. T. Witschey, editor of Encyclopedia of the Ancient Maya