Stature Change in Prehistoric Maya of the Southern Lowlands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4374428 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marie Elaine Danforth (0000-0003-1678-1078) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 206-211 |
| Publication date | 1994-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-6635 • E-ISSN: 2325-5080 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/971880 |
| OpenAlex | W2328319728 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 16 |
Since the 1950s, a decline in stature has been offered as evidence of increasing nutritional stress in prehistoric Maya populations, particularly during the Late Classic collapse. A review of the extant skeletal data, however, reveals very inconsistent support for such a decline. The primary explanation for the variation may reside in the small number of skeletal series that have representatives of more than one time period. Other possible explanations include methodological problems associated with stature reconstruction, reliability in sex determination, and variation in health response according to site size and location
Archaeology · Biology · Evolutionary biology · Extant taxon · Geography · Maya · Prehistory · Sociology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Paleopathology and ancient diseases · Demography
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
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| Citations per year | 0,53 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2021 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |