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Pre-Columbian Population History in the Maya Lowlands
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1991
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Latin American ArchaeologyDenver ColoradoBioarchaeologyAmerican ArchaeologyCentral AmericaArchaeologyIndigenous PeoplesSpanish ConquestInca SocietyAnthropologyLanguage StudiesPopulation HistorySpanishMaya Lowlands
The book compiles chapters on Maya demography in Central America. The volume aims to estimate pre‑conquest Maya lowland population using quantitative data and analytical methods. It originates from a 1985 Society for American Archaeology session and focuses on quantitative methods for analyzing Maya population data. Annotation.
This is a collection of chapters by various authors on aspects of the demography of the Maya in Central America. It is the product of a session organized at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Denver Colorado in 1985. The focus is on quantitative data and the methods that can be applied to their analysis. Most of the contributions attempt to estimate the size of the Mayan lowland population before the Spanish conquest. (ANNOTATION)