Archaeology and Bioarchaeology of Population Movement among the Prehispanic Maya

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Xcambo and Its Commercial Dynamics Within the Framework of the Maya Area....Pages 1-12
Ceramic Traditions in the Calakmul Region: An Indicator of the Movement of Ideas or Populations?....Pages 13-24
Cultural Interchange Regarding the Distribution of Fine Paste Ceramics Within Riverine Societies Along the Usumacinta’s Mid to Low Basin and Various Gulf Coast’s Communities....Pages 25-35
Calakmul: Power, Perseverance, and Persistence....Pages 37-50
The Historic Presence of Itza, Putun, and Toltec in the Maya Lowlands at the End of the Classic and Postclassic Periods....Pages 51-58
The Use of Theoretical and Methodological Bases in Population Movements’ Studies: Paleo and Archaeo Demographic Approaches....Pages 59-69
Population Dynamics During the Classic and Postclassic Period Maya in the Northern Maya Lowlands: The Analysis of Dental Morphological Traits....Pages 71-83
The Buk Phase Burials of Belize: Testing Genetic Relatedness Among Early Postclassic Groups in Northern Belize Using Dental Morphology....Pages 85-95
Dental Nonmetric Investigation of Population Dynamics at Mayapan....Pages 97-107
Dental Morphometric and Strontium Isotope Evidence for Population History at Tikal, Guatemala....Pages 109-118
Strontium Isotopes and the Study of Human Mobility Among the Ancient Maya....Pages 119-132
House or Lineage? How Intracemetery Kinship Analysis Contributes to the Debate in the Maya Area....Pages 133-142
Shifts in Artificial Head Forms, Population Movements, and Ethnicity Among the Postclassic Maya....Pages 143-154
Back Matter....Pages 155-159