War Trophies and Ancestor Veneration, A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Maya Secondary Interments at Formative Cuello and K'axob in Northern Belize

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dc.contributor.advisorStorey, Rebecca
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWidmer, Randolph J.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberTrudeau, Mary F.
dc.creatorCarroll, Rebecca L.
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-6693-3626
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-20T00:21:50Z
dc.date.available2019-11-20T00:21:50Z
dc.date.createdMay 2015
dc.date.issued2015-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2015
dc.date.updated2019-11-20T00:21:50Z
dc.description.abstractSecondary interments, common among Maya burials, are typically identified by disarticulated or unnatural positioning of the skeleton within the grave. Various beliefs and procedures are responsible for these atypical burials, including partibility, the taking of human trophies, and ancestor veneration. The Formative skeletal populations from Cuello and K’axob, in Northern Belize, each contained 46 secondary interments that were analyzed to pinpoint trophies and ancestors. Based on various criteria, including grave location and presence or absence of accoutrements, six individuals were identified as trophies, and 19 were identified as ancestors. Analysis of secondary interments’ skeletal assemblages revealed partibility was practiced at both sites, with the skull, teeth, legs, and arms being most frequently interred, while hands and feet were the least commonly interred. The patterns within the Formative period secondary burial contexts changed over time, in correlation with the social and political changes that were occurring prior to the Classic period.
dc.description.departmentComparative Cultural Studies, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/5471
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectAncestor veneration
dc.subjectArchaeology
dc.subjectWar trophies
dc.subjectPartibility
dc.subjectSecondary interment
dc.subjectK'axob
dc.subjectCuello
dc.subjectFormative period
dc.subjectMaya
dc.subjectPreclassic Maya
dc.subjectBioarchaeology
dc.titleWar Trophies and Ancestor Veneration, A Bioarchaeological Analysis of Maya Secondary Interments at Formative Cuello and K'axob in Northern Belize
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentComparative Cultural Studies
thesis.degree.disciplineAnthropology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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