Y Zindy Cruz

Biographic Data

ID2206789
NAMEY Zindy Cruz
GIVEN NAMESY Zindy
FAMILY NAMECruz
SIGNATURECRUZ Y Z
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • An Enigmatic Manteño Burial from Buen Suceso, Ecuador, AD 771-953

    Open AccessSara L Juengst, Sarah M Rowe et al.ARTICLELatin American Antiquity2025References: 10

    Burial 10 is a unique Manteño (AD 650-1532) burial from Buen Suceso, Ecuador, dating between AD 771 and 953. This burial included the remains of a young female, pregnant at the time of death and buried with an elaborate array of goods, including anachronistic spondylus ornaments, green stones, and shell eye coverings. Perimortem trauma, including a cranial fracture and cutmarks on hand bones, perimortem removal of the hands and left leg, and othe…

  • Investigation of Identity and Ontology at Salango, Ecuador (BCE 100-300 CE)

    Sara L Juengst, Richard M Lunni et al.ARTICLEBioarchaeology International2023

    Bioarchaeologists have increasingly investigated social identities of past peoples, engaging with theory from a variety of sources, including Indigenous perspectives. In this article, we discuss and compare successive Very Early Guangala (100 BCE–CE 1) and succeeding Early Guangala (CE 1–300) phase burials located near the north perimeter of Salango, a shoreline site and ritual sanctuary serving multiple communities of the central coast of Ecuado…