Last Rites for the Tipu Maya
Genetic Structuring in a Colonial Cemetery
Published on 13. December 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-8173-1025-7 (ISBN)
Description
Two cultures collided in Tipu, Belize in the 1600s: that of the native Maya and of the Spanish missionaries. Combining historical documentation with archaeological finds, the author provides an account of the meshing of these cultures and the Tipu's assimilation of Catholic practices.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Alabama
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
671 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8173-1025-7 (9780817310257)
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E-Book
11/2007
1st Edition
University of Alabama Press
€114.99
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Person
Keith P. Jacobi is Curator of Human Osteology at the Alabama Museum of Natural History and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at The University of Alabama.