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MESOAMERICAN BIOARCHAEOLOGY: PAST AND FUTURE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2010

Michael W. Spence  and
Christine D. White
Michael W. Spence*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, CanadaN6A 5C2
Christine D. White
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, CanadaN6A 5C2
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Abstract

Despite a long history of contributions by physical anthropologists to our understanding of the Mesoamerican past, it has only been over the past few decades that a closer relationship has developed between bioarchaeology and archaeology in the region. The next step should be the integration of bioarchaeologists in the planning as well as the execution of projects. In this review of the present status of bioarchaeology in Mesoamerica we examine its contributions to several broad topics, emphasizing its growing theoretical component and the development of new methods like isotopic analysis, and suggest some lines of inquiry for future investigations.

Type
Research Article
Information
Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , Fall 2009 , pp. 233 - 240
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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