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Bioarchaeology of Copán, Honduras

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Theme: 
Biological, Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health

This project focuses on the life histories and population biology of individuals interred within the Copán Pocket during the first millennium after Christ. 

Publications: 

Jane E. Buikstra, T.D. Price, J.H. Burton, and L.E. Wright. Tombs from Copan’s Acropolis: A Life History Approach. In Understanding Early Classic Copan. Ellen E. Bell, Marcello A. Canuto, and Robert J. Sharer, eds., Chapter 1. pp. 191-212. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (2004).

Kenneth C. Nystrom, Jane E. Buikstra, and Ethan M. Braunstein. Radiographic Evaluation of Early Classic Elites from Copán, Honduras. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 5: 196-207 (2005).

Kenneth C. Nystrom, and Jane E. Buikstra. Trauma induced changes in Diaphyseal Cross-Sectional Geometry in Elites from Copán, Honduras. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. (in press) 

Team Members: 
  • Jane E. Buikstra
  • Robert Sharer
  • William Fash
  • Loa Traxler
  • Douglas Price
  • James Burton
  • Jennifer Piehl
  • E. Wyllys Andrews V
  • Katie Miller
  • Allan Maca
Funding Sources: 

NSF
National Geographic Society
FAMSI
Ahua Foundation 

Partnerships: 

Instituto Hondureño de Antropología y Historia

University of Wisconsin Laboratory of Archaeological Chemistry
University of Pennsylvania, Museum of Archaeology
Harvard University, Dept. Anthropology
Tulane University

Colgate University