期刊名称：SAA Archaeological Record, The : The magazine of the Society for American Archaeology
印刷版ISSN：1532-7299
出版年度：2008
卷号：8
期号：2
页码：12-12
出版社：Society for American Archaeology
摘要：Maya archaeological research has come a long way in
the last decades. While its present research goals are
not particularly different from those pursued in the
past, the paths for approaching these goals have increased considerably
in recent years, incorporating new interpretative
frames and ever more interdisciplinary research, including
epigraphy, iconography, and an increasing series of special
analysis. In the past twenty years, bioarchaeological approaches
have also become prominent in the Mayanist community,
thanks to a new mindset, awareness, and the profound dedication
of newer generations of scholars, coupled with attractive
technical innovations. The analysis of skeletal materials has also
increasingly responded to parameters set by explicit bioarchaeological
agendas, which favor integrated approaches that combine
population and cultural data sets. In turn, the intersection
between human biology and sociocultural reconstruction commands
collaborative research on different technical, methodological,
and interpretative levels, which are crucial for the success
of most projects in this academic field.
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