{"product_id":"ancient-maya-teeth-dental-modification-cosmology-and-social-identity-in-mesoamerica-hardback-9781477327579","title":"Ancient Maya Teeth; Dental Modification, Cosmology, and Social Identity in Mesoamerica (Hardback) 9781477327579","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAncient Maya Teeth\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDental Modification, Cosmology, and Social Identity in Mesoamerica\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eVera Tiesler (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477327579, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 January 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages, 95 b\u0026amp;w images, 16-page color insert, 18 tables\u003cbr\u003e27.9 x 21.6 x 2 cm, 0.966 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA study of Maya dental modification from archaeological sites spanning three millennia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Dental modification was common across ancient societies, but perhaps none were more avid practitioners than the Maya. They filed their teeth flat or pointy, polished and drilled them, and crafted decorative inlays of jade and pyrite. Unusually, Maya of all social classes, ages, and professions engaged in dental modification. What did it mean to them? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAncient Maya Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e is the most comprehensive study of Maya dental modification ever published, based on thousands of teeth recovered from 130 sites spanning three millennia. Esteemed archaeologist Vera Tiesler sifts the evidence, much of it gathered with her own hands and illustrated here with more than a hundred photographs. Exploring the underlying theory and practice of dental modification, Tiesler raises key questions. How did modifications vary across the individual’s lifespan? What tools were used? How did the Maya deal with pain-and malpractice? How did they keep their dentitions healthy, functioning, and beautiful? What were the relationships among gender, social identity, and religious identifications? Addressing these and other issues, \u003ci\u003eAncient Maya Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how dental-modification customs shifted over the centuries, indexing other significant developments in Mayan cultural history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Preface and Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 1. Introduction: Taking Stock of Physical Dental Embodiment \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1.1. Permanently Inscribed Body Modifications of the Past \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1.2. Mapping Dental Decorations from Kirchhoff’\u003cbr\u003es “\u003cbr\u003eGrandiose”\u003cbr\u003e Mesoamerica \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1.3. This Volume \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part I. Crafting Maya Teeth (Thematic Section) \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 2. The Teeth of Dead People: Reconstructing Ancient Dental Works \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2.1. Basics in Human Dental Morphology and Cultural Intervention \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2.2. The ABCs of Traditional Dental Works \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2.3. Scoring Dental Shapes in Mesoamerica \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2.4. Contoured Dental Arches \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2.5. Dental Drilling Procedures \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 3. Mouths as Portals, Teeth as Jewels: Dentitions as Indigenous Sociocultural Constructs \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3.1. The Body in Mesoamerican Thought \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3.2. Meanings of Traditional Dental Display, Lost and Found \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3.3. Mouths as Portals \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3.4. Teeth as Jewels \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3.5. Contoured Dental Arches \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3.6. Jeweled Teeth \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 4. The Life Cycles of Embellished Smiles \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4.1. Social Age and Dental Work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4.2. Modeling Children and Sculpting Infant Teeth \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4.3. Crafting the Teeth of Youngsters \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4.4. Cutting into Teeth as Ritual Consumption \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4.5. The Life Cycles of Modified Dental Portals \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part II. Tooth Modifications across the Maya Landscapes (Regional Survey) \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 5. Dental Crafts during the First Millennium AD \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5.1. Mesoamerican Tooth Sculpting before the Onset of the Classic \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5.2. Maya Dental Crafting in the Course of the First Millennium AD \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5.3. Crafting Teeth across the Maya Landscapes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5.4. Teeth beyond the Maya Lowland Corridor and the Role of Merchants \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 6. Dental Work, Gender, Community Building, and Distinction \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6.1. Dental Work among Men and Women \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6.2. Living on the Fringes of the Maya World: Multiethnic Dental Embodiment in the Copan Valley \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6.3. The Precious Smiles of Royals \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6.4. Ch’\u003cbr\u003eok Rituals and the Mouth Portal of Janaab Pakal of Palenque \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 7. Tooth Decorations after the Maya Collapse \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7.1. Teeth in the Maya Lowlands after the Collapse \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7.2. Dental Works in the Wake of the European Conquest \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7.3. Teeth and Culture in a Multiethnic Cemetery Population from Early Colonial Campeche \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7.4. The Colonies and Beyond \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 8. Conclusions: Ancient Maya Teeth from a Cultural Perspective \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix 1: Maintaining a Precious Smile: A Dentist’\u003cbr\u003es Perspective on Maya Inlays and Fillings. Marco RamÍ\u003cbr\u003erez, Patricia Quintana, Gloria HernÁ\u003cbr\u003endez, Vera Tiesler, and Elma Vega \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A1.1. Putting Drilled Tooth Cavities into Clinical Perspective \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A1.2. Toothache and the Health Burdens of Incrusted Teeth \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A1.3. Therapeutical Properties of Cements and Fillers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A1.4. Patient Charts of Inlaid Dental Records \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix 2: List of Documented Resources in the Data Survey for This Volume \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A2.1. Mexico \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A2.2. Belize \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A2.3. El Salvador \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A2.4. Guatemala \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A2.5. Honduras \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A2.6. Costa Rica \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A2.7. Ecuador \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A2.8. Peru \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e References \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670800658712,"sku":"9781477327579","price":40.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ancient-maya-teeth-dental-modification-cosmology-and-social-identity-in-mesoamerica-hardback-9781477327579","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}