Bioarchaeology in Oaxaca: A view from Afar

Compared with the Aztec and Maya regions, the bioarchaeology of Oaxaca has been neglected until recently. The 20th century contributors to physical anthropology and paleopathology in Oaxaca were seldom involved in field archaeology, and their work was concentrated on the largest sites. New work presented in this volume of JAS:Reports applies a wider range of methods and attends to a wider range of communities, integrating the study of human remains with the broader issues of understanding the past.