Carious lesions and maize consumption among the Prehispanic Maya: An analysis of a coastal community in northern Yucatan

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 560-567

  Cucina, Andrea ^a   Cantillo, Cristina Perera ^a   Sosa, Thelma Sierra ^b   Tiesler, Vera ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b Instituto Nacional de Antropología   (Mexico)

Author keywords

classic period; diet; Maya; oral health

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CARIOGENIC DIET; DENTAL CARIES; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAIZE; MALE; MAYA; MOLAR TOOTH; PREHISTORIC PERIOD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SKELETON; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTH; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79960176767     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21534     Document Type: Article

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