Maya Zooarchaeology

New Directions in Method and Theory

by Kitty F. Emery

Book cover: Maya Zooarchaeology

Extent: 310 pages

Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press

Subjects: Anthropology, Archaeology of the Americas

Series: Monographs

Series volume number: 51

Language: English

PDF (Published)

(December 2004)

ISBN: 9781938770739

Price: $15.00

A comprehensive work, combining traditional zooarchaeological reports and various state-of-the-art summaries of methods and theoretical perspectives. This combination of detailed discussions of basic zooarchaeological data with reviews of important themes in Maya zooarchaeology emphasizes the central issues that guide our research from basic data collection through final comparative interpretation. The chapters emphasize the newest developments in technical methods, the most recent trends in the analysis of “social zooarchaeology,” and the broadening perspectives provided by a new geographic range of investigations. The main focus of the volume remains on fostering cooperation among Mesoamerican zooarchaeologists at the levels of both preliminary analysis and final theoretical reconstruction.

  • By (author) Kitty F. Emery