A zooarchaeological test for dietary resource depression at the end of the classic period in the Petexbatun, Guatemala

Human Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 617-634

  Emery, Kitty F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classic Maya; Dietary breadth; Maya collapse; Resource depression; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLASSIC PERIOD; DIETARY SHIFT; POPULATION GROWTH;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PETEN; PETEXBATUN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 55149115381     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-008-9187-0     Document Type: Article

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