Before Kukulkán Bioarchaeology of Maya Life, Death, and Identity at Classic Period Yaxuná

This volume illuminates human lifeways in the northern Maya lowlands prior to the rise of Chichén Itzá. This period and area have been poorly understood on their own terms, obscured by scholarly focus on the central lowland Maya kingdoms. "Before Kukulkán" is anchored in three decades o...

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Main Author: Ardren, Traci (auth)
Other Authors: Freidel, David A. (auth), Cucina, Andrea (auth), Tiesler, Vera (auth), Stanton, Travis W. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: University of Arizona Press 2017
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