Life and Death of a Middle Preclassic Individual from Aguada Fénix, Tabasco

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Aguada Fénix and the Middle Usumacinta Region: Interregional Interactions and Social Transformations in the Middle Preclassic Period" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

We explore a Middle Preclassic skeleton from the site of Aguada Fénix, Tabasco. It is one of the scarce cases of the early temporality in the Maya area. We first describe in detail its archaeological context and osteological sex and age-at-death and infer the individual’s social role. We evaluate his oral and skeletal pathologies and compare them with two later Classic burials found at a nearby site, El Tiradero. We found his mecapal use based on these assessments. Finally, we examine the post-sepulchral alteration according to the distribution of the skeletal elements in the burial context.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Aguada Fénix and the Middle Usumacinta Region: Interregional Interactions and Social Transformations in the Middle Preclassic Period   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39128.0