A Human Maxilla Trophy from Cerro Tilcajete, Oaxaca, Mexico

William N. Duncan, Christina Elson, Charles S. Spencer, Elsa M. Redmond

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Abstract

Recent investigations recovered a trophy created from a human left maxilla from a surface collection at the size of Cerro Tilcajete in Oaxaca, Mexico. The maxilla was cut from front to back (anterior-posteriorly) approximately at the plane of the inferior border of the nasal aperture...
Original languageAmerican English
JournalMexicon
Volume31
StatePublished - Oct 2009

Keywords

  • human maxilla trophy
  • human remains

Disciplines

  • Archaeological Anthropology
  • Biological and Physical Anthropology

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