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I wish to acknowledge several projects that have provided advice, discussions, and permission to study the skeletal material herein referred to. Thanks go to Arturo Romano (Proyecto Restos Humanos del Templo XIII de Palenque-INAH), Arqlgo. Arnoldo González (Proyecto Arqueológico Palenque-INAH), William J. Folan Higgins (Proyecto Arqueológico Calakmul-UAC), Luz Evelia Campaña (Proyecto Arqueológico Becán-INAH), Adriana Velázquez Morlet and Enrique Nalda (Proyecto Arqueológico Sur de Quintana Roo-INAH), and Ramón Carrasco (Proyecto Arqueológico Calakmul-INAH). I am also indebted to Grégory Pereira, William, Lynda Folan, Andrea Cucina, and Elizabeth Dunkel for their many useful comments.
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Tiesler, V. (2007). Funerary or Nonfunerary? New References in Identifying Ancient Maya Sacrificial and Postsacrificial Behaviors from Human Assemblages. 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_2
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