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St. Lawrence University

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Article

Identifier:

oai:dspace.lasrworks.org:10349/563

Creator: 

Lungmus, Ellery

Contemporary bioarchaeology in a Maya context has converted the ancient Maya from a distant, temple-building abstraction to a relatable aggregate of individuals with understandable concerns, hopes, and interests. For the most part this relatability is a construct of a contemporary archaeological paradigm. In other words, bioarchaeology is not a static procedure but rather a practice highly dependent on the social norms of the time.