Toniná, una ciudad maya de Chiapas : vida y muerte en las postrimerías del colapso Maya /
Toniná was a Mayan city, located between two cultural areas near the Chiapas Highlands. It has been widely proposed that the Maya collapse implied the disappearance and depopulation of many cities; this research addresses the survival of Toniná towards the threshold of the Postclassic. For this purp...
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Language: Spanish
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Oxford :
Archaeopress Publishing Ltd,
2021.
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Paris monographs in American archaeology ;
54.
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Call Number: F1435.1.T65
| Summary: | Toniná was a Mayan city, located between two cultural areas near the Chiapas Highlands. It has been widely proposed that the Maya collapse implied the disappearance and depopulation of many cities; this research addresses the survival of Toniná towards the threshold of the Postclassic. For this purpose, 15,956 human bones found in Structure 15 of the fifth platform in the Acropolis of Toniná were analysed. The analysis of anthropological osteology allowed us to know the biological profile and to document the cultural taphonomy, through which the practice of human sacrifice and the posthumous treatment of the victims was evidenced. The application of stable isotope and strontium analyses also allowed us to determine the dietary profile of those sacrificed, their geographical origin and mobility throughout their lives. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2021. "Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour). |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781789699296 (PDF ebook) : |
| Access: | Open access. |