Definition: Canadian bioarchaeologist Christine White has published extensively on work on paleodiets and related physical anthropological studies in Mesoamerica, particularly with applications of stable isotope analysis. Educated at Trent University and the University of Toronto, White is currently at the University of Western Ontario.
A (Very) Brief Bibliography
White, Christine D., Paul F. Healy, and Henry P. Schwarcz 1993 Intensive agriculture, social status, and Maya diet at Pacbitun, Belize. Journal of Anthropological Research 49(4):347-375.White, Christine D., et al. 2002 Geographic identities of the sacrificial victims from the Feathered Serpent Pyramid, Teotihuacan: Implications for the nature of state power. Latin American Antiquity 13(2):217-236.
White, Christine D., Michael W. Spence, Fred J. Longstaffe, and Kimberley R. Law 2004 Demography and ethnic continuity in the Tlalotlacan enclave of Teotihuacan: the evidence from stable oxygen isotopes. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 23(4):385-403.
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