TY - JOUR
T1 - RESIDENTIAL BURIAL ALONG the SOUTHERN STREET of the DEAD
T2 - SKELETONS and ISOTOPES
AU - Storey, Rebecca
AU - Buckley, Gina M.
AU - Kennett, Douglas J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. BCS-13212447 and BCS-1321232 (biogeochemical analysis). We are thankful for this financial assistance and for David Carballo and Ken Hirth allowing us to explore this type of research at Tlajinga and for the countless hours of work David Carballo and Daniela Hernández Sariñana undertook preparing the compound and burial images. Thanks to both of them for allowing us to use these wonderful illustrations. We also thank Brendan Culleton for assisting with AMS radiocarbon dates and stable isotope analysis. The Tlajinga 33 excavation and preliminary analysis were supported by the National Science Foundation (BNS 80-05825, BNS 80-05754, and BNS 82-04862). All osteological observations and paleopathological research was conducted by Rebecca Storey. AMS 14C dating and stable isotope analysis was conducted by Gina M. Buckley.
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PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - Skeletal remains from Tlajinga 33 (33:S3W1) have been the focus of research in the southern sector of Teotihuacan since excavations took place in the 1980s. Recent excavations in Tlajinga Compounds 17 and 18 (17:S3E1 and 18:S3E1, respectively), located along the southern Street of the Dead, recovered nine additional skeletons. This article is a description of the burials from Compounds 17 and 18 and a comparative analysis of health, diet, and chronology across all three compounds (Compounds 17, 18, and 33). Here, we test the hypothesis that individuals between residential compounds at Tlajinga lived similar lives and that health and biogeochemical markers of individuals will reflect these similarities. Although the sample size is small, the paleopathological analysis of individuals at Compounds 17 and 18 indicates morbidity patterns similar to Tlajinga 33, but also that these residents were perhaps less susceptible to stressors during periods of juvenile growth. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes suggest that, overall, diets were analogous across compounds, but Compounds 17 and 18 were able to supplement their diet with a greater variety of plant resources. There were no clear dietary differences between higher and lower status individuals, however. Finally, accelerated mass spectrometry radiocarbon (AMS 14C) dates indicate that residential living may have occurred later at Compound 18 than at Compound 17 and Tlajinga 33.
AB - Skeletal remains from Tlajinga 33 (33:S3W1) have been the focus of research in the southern sector of Teotihuacan since excavations took place in the 1980s. Recent excavations in Tlajinga Compounds 17 and 18 (17:S3E1 and 18:S3E1, respectively), located along the southern Street of the Dead, recovered nine additional skeletons. This article is a description of the burials from Compounds 17 and 18 and a comparative analysis of health, diet, and chronology across all three compounds (Compounds 17, 18, and 33). Here, we test the hypothesis that individuals between residential compounds at Tlajinga lived similar lives and that health and biogeochemical markers of individuals will reflect these similarities. Although the sample size is small, the paleopathological analysis of individuals at Compounds 17 and 18 indicates morbidity patterns similar to Tlajinga 33, but also that these residents were perhaps less susceptible to stressors during periods of juvenile growth. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes suggest that, overall, diets were analogous across compounds, but Compounds 17 and 18 were able to supplement their diet with a greater variety of plant resources. There were no clear dietary differences between higher and lower status individuals, however. Finally, accelerated mass spectrometry radiocarbon (AMS 14C) dates indicate that residential living may have occurred later at Compound 18 than at Compound 17 and Tlajinga 33.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0956536118000032
DO - 10.1017/S0956536118000032
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85064857339
SN - 0956-5361
VL - 30
SP - 147
EP - 161
JO - Ancient Mesoamerica
JF - Ancient Mesoamerica
IS - 1
ER -