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Author:

Jacobi, Keith P.

Title:

Last rites for the Tipu Maya : genetic structuring in a colonial cemetery / Keith P. Jacobi.

Publisher:

University of Alabama Press,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

xii, 383 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Mayas--Anthropometry--Tipu.--Tipu.
Dental anthropology--Tipu.--Tipu.
Mayas--Funeral customs and rites--Tipu.--Tipu.
Tipu (Belize)--Population.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-378) and index.

Contents:

Spanish missions and the history of Tipu Maya -- European Catholic and Spanish Catholic burial practices -- The Catholic and Maya worlds collide -- Dental genetics and non-metric and metric traits -- From skeletal dancers to regimented corpses of the Catholic way -- Open the church and see all the people -- Life and death at Tipu -- The last will and testament of the Tipu Maya.

ISBN:

9780817310257 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0817310258 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)43481684

LCCN:

00008417

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)