Provider: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic TY - JOUR JO - Anthropologie (Brno) TI - Worked Human Bones as Objects of Art: Lamanai, Belize AU - Helmuth H Y1 - 1991 VL - 29 IS - 3 PB - Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic SN - 0323-1119 SP - 211 EP - 219 KW - Identification KW - Cortical thickness KW - Maya KW - Musical instruments N2 - N2 - The site of Lamanai, Belize has yielded the remains of approximately 200 human skeletons, spread out from Pre-Classic to Historic Mayan times. Several human bones were modified in specific ways which preclude their use as tools. The ratios of cortical and medullary thickness are used to identify these fragments vis-a-vis Middle and North American animal bones. Their possible usage in rituals and religion of the Maya are discussed. ER -