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We wish to thank the following projects and colleagues for providing material, information, assistance, and valuable comments: Arturo Romano Pacheco and Arnoldo Cruz González (Proyecto Arqueológico Palenque and Proyecto Restos Humanos Templo XIII, Palenque), Proyecto Arqueológica Becán (Luz Evelia Campaña), Proyecto Arqueológica Sur de Quintana Roo (Enrique Nalda, Adriana Velázquez), Proyecto Arqueológico Calakmul, UAC (William Folan), Proyecto Arqueológico Calakmul, INAH (Ramón Carrasco), and Francisco Ortíz Pedraza (Dirección de Antropología Física/INAH). We are grateful to Richard Meindl for his comments and editing the manuscript. Last but not least we want to thank Jane Buikstra for her constructive comments on this work.
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Cucina, A., Tiesler, V. (2007). Nutrition, Lifestyle, and Social Status of Skeletal Remains from Nonfunerary and “Problematical” Contexts. In: Tiesler, V., Cucina, A. (eds) New Perspectives on Human Sacrifice and Ritual Body Treatments in Ancient Maya Society. Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-48871-4_11
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