Life and Death in the Ancient City of Teotihuacan : a Modern Paleodemographic Synthesis.

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Cities arose independently in both the Old World and in the pre-Columbian New World. Lacking written records, many of these New World cities can be studied only through archaeology, including the earliest pre-Columbian city, Teotihuacan, Mexico, one of the largest cities of its time (150 B.C. to A.D...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Storey, Rebecca
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Alabama : University of Alabama Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Indians of Mexico > Population.
Indians of Mexico > Anthropometry.
Peuples autochtones > Mexique > Population.
Indians of Mexico > Anthropometry
Indians of Mexico > Population
Teotihuacán Site (San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico)
Teotihuacán (San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexique : Site archéologique)
Mexico > San Juan Teotihuacán > Teotihuacán Site
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Table of Contents:
  • Tables and Figures; Preface; 1. Anthropology and Paleodemography:The Problem and Its Theoretical Foundations; 2. Teotihuacan and the Demography ofPreindustrial Cities; 3. The Tlajinga 33 Apartment Compound; 4. The Tlajinga 33 Skeletons; 5. General Demographic Characteristics of the Tlajinga 33 Population; 6. Paleodemographic Analysis of theTlajinga 33 Skeletons; 7. Paleopathology, Health, and Mortalityat Tlajinga 33; 8. Mortality Models and the DemographicSignificance of Tlajinga 33; Appendix: Metric Measurements Used in the Discriminant-Function Sexing; References Cited; Index.

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