The presence, forms and techniques used in artificial cranial deformation and dental decoration were studied in 1,515 skeletons found in 94 mostly pre-Hispanic archeological sites (in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras) dating from the Preclassical, Classic and Postclassic periods. Biographical and associated archeological information was analyzed, based on a theoretical model of biocultural intera...

the present study relies on determination of diet by adapting analysis on carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes extracted from dental collagen of twelve human skeletons buried in iron age grave situated in gohar tapeh archaic settlement at eastern region of mazandaran province, locating on southern coast of caspian sea. the geographical and geometric evidences indicate that gohar tapeh zone is si...