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We wish to acknowledge all those institutions and people who have made this volume a reality. The 69th SAA meeting in Salt Lake City in 2005 granted us the possibility to interact directly with a series of renown scholars who agreed to join the symposium and whose work appears in this book. This time Vera and I were able to include three of our graduate students from Mérida (Hurtado, Medina, and Anda), who accompanied us to Salt Lake City. They enjoyed the event as much as we did (except for the vocal challenges provided by the English language). We are thankful therefore to Dr. Francisco Fernández Repetto, former Director of the Facultad de Ciencias Antropológicas of the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán for funding their travel expenses to Salt Lake City to make this joint endeavor possible. Jane Buikstra's sharp and always well-thought-out comments at the end of the symposium gave each of us the opportunity to improve and enrich our contributions and advance the academic level of the volume. Our thanks go to all of you!
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Cucina, A., Tiesler, V. (2007). New Perspectives on Human Sacrifice and Postsacrificial Body Treatments in Ancient Maya Society: An Introduction. 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_1
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