Title: The Maya Project: a mirror for human growth in biocultural perspective
Abstract: Our purpose in this chapter is to explain how human physical growth
reflects the biocultural environment in which groups of people live. We do
this in the context of our research on the physical growth and health of Maya
children and adults. The Maya are one of the native peoples of the Americas.
There are an estimated 7-8 million Maya living in Guatemala, the Yucatan
Peninsula and a few other areas of southern Mexico, Belize, El Salvador,
and western Honduras (Figure 1.1). The majority, about 6.5 million live in
the highlands of Guatemala (Bogin, 2012). These demographic statistics make
the Maya the most populous Native American ethnic group. To better
understand the Maya people we created the Maya Project, a blend of art and
science portraying the biocultural realities of the Maya in Mesoamerica. One
aspect of the Maya Project is a web site – http://mayaproject.org.uk. We will
highlight some aspects of the Maya Project web site in later sections of this
chapter. First we offer some explanation of the biocultural perspective of
human growth.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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