Social Identity and Dental Modification at the Postclassic Maya Urban Centre of Mayapan.
Dental modification represents one interesting aspect of corporeal adornment in human history that directly reflects personal social identity. Tooth filing choices distinguished certain individuals at the urban, Maya political capital of Mayapan from 1150 to 1450 ad, along with cranial modification,...
| Publicado en: | Cambridge Archaeological Journal Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 117 - 136 |
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