In the last 10,000 years, 100 billion people have died (Davies 1994: 24). The majority of
them have passed into oblivion and only a small part is actually present in the …

I outline a relational economy model that is broadly applicable to a range of economies both
past and present. A relational economy begins from the basic premise that all economic …

As a complement to life histories authored by many researchers of Maya bones, this study
narrates death histories. The latter entails detection of perimortem and postmortem changes …

The present study reports on the cultural marks encountered in three (possibly four)
skeletons retrieved from primary deposits of the Maya Classic period at Palenque, Calakmul …

A single right fifth metatarsal found in Tomb 1 at Peligroso, Belize exhibited a small deformity
in the form of a small (7 mm) accessory digit emanating from the plantar surface at mid-shaft …

Excavations at the site of Ixlú in northern Guatemala recovered a series of skulls and
dismembered postcrania from a Postclassic (ca. AD 1000—1525) Maya temple. The current …

In anthropological models of social organization, kinship is perceived to be fundamental to
social structure. This project aimed to understand how individuals buried in neighborhoods …

Off-site secondary burial cemeteries in the southern Levant are an innovation of the
Chalcolithic period. Ethnographic studies suggest that location of burial places was one of …

While researchers of the pre-Columbian Maya have recognized that considerable variability
characterizes treatment of dead bodies, few have scrutinized the practice of body partibility …

Using an Osteobiographical approach, this contribution considers the identity of the woman
found alongside the St Bees Man, one of the best-preserved archaeological bodies ever …