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Introduction Introduction
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Agricultural Technology and Environment Agricultural Technology and Environment
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Isotopic Environment Isotopic Environment
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The Sample The Sample
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Interpretations of Maya Diets Interpretations of Maya Diets
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Preclassic (2000 bce–250 ce) Preclassic (2000 bce–250 ce)
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Early Classic (250–600 ce) Early Classic (250–600 ce)
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Late Classic (600–850 ce) Late Classic (600–850 ce)
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Terminal Classic (850–1000 ce) Terminal Classic (850–1000 ce)
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Postclassic (1000–1500 ce) Postclassic (1000–1500 ce)
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Historic (1519–1697 ce) Historic (1519–1697 ce)
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Diet and Health Diet and Health
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Conclusions Conclusions
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References References
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20 An Isotopic Anthropology of Ancient Maya Diets
Get accessChristine D. White, Professor Emerita, Western University, Ontario
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Published:05 February 2018
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Abstract
The ancient Maya are known to have relied heavily on maize horticulture. In spite of the fact that maize was responsible for both the ideological and physical survival of the Maya, there was significant variability in the degree to which it was consumed. In this chapter, direct evidence of food consumption provided by the stable isotope composition of carbon and nitrogen is reviewed in terms of variability that existed across time, space, and social variables. Relationships between diet and significant temporal developments such as agricultural intensification, the collapse of Classic Maya society, and the Spanish conquest are examined, along with the use of diet to reconstruct political economies, gender, and status differentiation.
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