The Boy Who Saved Christmas by Shelagh Moore

The Boy Who Saved Christmas by Shelagh Moore

This volume offers a novel interdisciplinary approach to researching population history in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. In studies that combine bioarchaeology, ethnohistory, mortuary archaeology, and dental morphology, contributors demonstrate the challenges and rewards of such integrative work when applied to large regional questions. Bioarchaeology of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica is the result of fieldwork in Honduras, Belize, and a variety of sites in Mexico and addresses two major issues: migration and mobility, and ethnicity and social identity. The former is considered in essays examining biological distances to confirm accounts of migration patterns in the Valley of Mexico, testing hypotheses about mobility in the Classic Maya city of Yaxun through strontium and isotope analysis, and examining mortuary patterns and practices among several Maya sites. The latter is studied by incorporating dental health data and burial rituals to investigate the social status of sacrificial victims during the Late Classic period. Ethnohistorical sources are combined in an examination of ancient Maya understandings of belonging and otherness, and skeletal remains are analyzed to explore the immigrant makeup of the multiethnic city of Copan. Revealing how complementary fields of study can together create a better understanding of the complex forces that impact population movements, this volume provides an inspiring picture of the exciting collaborative work currently under way among researchers in the region. Contributors: Frances F. Berdan - Jack Biggs - Andrea Cucina - Heather J. H. Edgar - Sandra Ver nica Elizalde Rodarte - Charles Golden - Stephen Houston - Amy R. Michael - Allan Ortega Mu oz - T. Douglas Price - Corey S. Ragsdale - Andrew K. Scherer - Travis W. Stanton - Shintaro Suzuki - Vera Tiesler - Cathy Willermet - Gabriel D. Wrobel A volume in the series Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives, edited by Clark Spencer Larsen

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ISBN 13	9780992802936
ISBN 10	0992802938
Title	The Boy Who Saved Christmas
Author	Shelagh Moore
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Moore Publishing Group
Year published	2020-11-05
Number of pages	26
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