The walled city and the dogs: the ritual and domestic role of canis lupus familiaris in Mayapán, Yucatán

This paper documents the role of domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) in the domestic and ritual contexts of Mayapán. Mayapán was the last capital of the Postclassic Maya to be located on the Yucatán Peninsula. Dog remains have been recovered from ceremonial, elite, and lower-class contexts in the...

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Published in:Anales de Antropología
Main Author: Núñez Cortés, Yajaira
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas 2022
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Online Access:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/antropologia/article/view/78057