Dental nonmetric investigation of population dynamics at Mayapan

Dental morphological traits have demonstrated utility in the analysis of genetic relationships between populations, within a population, and sometimes even at the familial level. However, despite this potential, such studies of the Maya are rare, though recent years have seen this trend reverse. This chapter contributes to this growing body of research on Maya dental morphology by demonstrating the utility of this approach to illuminate aspects of Mayapan’s internal population dynamics.