To study mitigation and adaptation to climate change, social scientists have drawn on
different approaches, particularly sociological approaches to the future and comparative …

More than providing simply nutritive value, food in human societies can be endowed with
great social weight. Aspects of any given food system inform, and are informed by, a variety …

A compilation of experimental animal data shows that neither δ13Ccollagen nor
δ13Capatite nor Δ13CCO‐AP indicate diagnostic reconstructions of diet, diet energy and …

Maize is a cultigen of global economic importance, but when it first became a staple grain in
the Americas, was unknown and contested. Here, we report direct isotopic dietary evidence …

The zooarchaeology of complex societies provides insights into the interrelated social and
economic relationships that people and animals created. I present a synthesis of …

This final chapter situates Classic Maya burials within the greater landscape of Maya
communities and kingdoms. As is true of most lineage-organized societies, ancestors …

Over the past two decades, household studies have coalesced into a recognized subfield
within archaeology. Despite this relatively short history, household archaeologists are now …

At the transition from the Middle (2100–1700 BC) to Late Bronze Age (1700–1400 BC) in the
central Eurasian steppe, significant changes occurred in patterns of settlement and mortuary …

Mechanisms for the maintenance of Zapotec ethnicity in Tlailotlacan, an enclave of
Teotihuacan, Mexico, are reconstructed using oxygen-isotope analyses of bone and enamel …

Classic Maya states were characterized by a high degree of socioeconomic stratification.
This paper investigates the degree to which status, as defined by grave goods and tomb …