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Book Chapters

Serafin S, 2021, 'A Bioarchaeological Perspective on Diet, Health, and Lifestyle at Mayapán', in Masson M; Hare T; Peraza Lope C; Russell B (ed.), Settlement, Economy, and Society at Mayapán, Yucatan, Mexico, University of Pittsburgh Center for Comparative Archaeology, Pittsburgh, pp. 208 - 222, https://sites.pitt.edu/~ccapubs/pdfdownloads/PITTmem27-Masson_etal_2021.pdf

Serafin S, 2020, 'Recent Advances in the Archaeology of Maya Warfare', in Fagan GG; Fibiger L; Hudson M; Trundle M (ed.), The Cambridge World History of Violence, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 198 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781316341247.011

Kennett DJ; Masson MA; Serafin S; Culleton BJ; Lope CP, 2016, 'War and food production at the postclassic maya city of Mayapán', in The Archaeology of Food and Warfare: Food Insecurity in Prehistory, pp. 161 - 192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18506-4_9

Serafin S; Peraza Lope C; Cucina A, 2014, 'Dental Nonmetric Investigation of Population Dynamics at Mayapan', in Cucina A (ed.), Archaeology and Bioarchaeology of Population Movement among the Prehispanic Maya, Springer, pp. 97 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10858-2_9

Serafin S; Lope CP; González EU; Kú PD, 2014, 'Odontometric investigation of the origin of freestanding shrine ossuaries at Mayapan', in The Bioarchaeology of Space and Place: Ideology, Power, and Meaning in Maya Mortuary Contexts, pp. 141 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0479-2_6

Serafin S; González EU; Lope CP, 2014, 'Prácticas funerarias y rituales en el cenote san josé de mayapán', in The Archaeology of Yucatán: New Directions and Data, pp. 81 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvqmp1bv.11

Serafin S; Peraza Lope C; Cucina A, 2013, 'Investigación bioarqueológica de la antigua población de Mayapan', in Cucina A (ed.), Afinidades Biológicas, Etnicidad y Dinámicas poblacionales en el Área Maya y Territorios Circun-Vecinos, Departamento de Extensión, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatán, Mexico, pp. 39 - 56

Serafin S; Štrkalj G; Štrkalj M, 2013, 'Using Anatomy Education to Develop the Research Skills of Chiropractic Students: A Brief Report', in Giardino AP; Giardino ER (ed.), Medical Education: Global Perspectives, Challenges and Future Directions, Nova Science Publishers, pp. 179 - 184

Serafin S; Peraza Lope C, 2007, 'Human Sacrificial Rites Among the Maya of Mayapan: A Bioarchaeological Perspective', in Tiesler V; Cucina A (ed.), New Perspectives on Human Sacrifice and Ritual Body Treatments in Ancient Maya Society, Springer, New York, pp. 232 - 252

Journal articles

Masson MA; Hare TS; Peraza Lope C; Kennett DJ; Witschey WRT; Russell BW; Serafin S; James George R; Flores Cobá L; Delgado Kú P; Escamilla Ojeda B; Cruz Alvarado W, 2024, 'Postclassic Maya population recovery and rural resilience in the aftermath of collapse in northern Yucatan', Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 76, pp. 101610 - 101610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101610

Kennett DJ; Masson M; Lope CP; Serafin S; George RJ; Spencer TC; Hoggarth JA; Culleton BJ; Harper TK; Prufer KM; Milbrath S; Russell BW; González EU; McCool WC; Aquino VV; Paris EH; Curtis JH; Marwan N; Zhang M; Asmerom Y; Polyak VJ; Carolin SA; James DH; Mason AJ; Henderson GM; Brenner M; Baldini JUL; Breitenbach SFM; Hodell DA, 2022, 'Drought-Induced Civil Conflict Among the Ancient Maya', Nature Communications, 13, pp. 3911, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31522-x

Paris EH; Baquedano E; Peraza Lope C; Masson MA; Kennett DJ; Serafin S; Meanwell JL, 2022, 'METALWORKING AT MAYAPAN, YUCATAN, MEXICO: DISCOVERIES FROM THE R-183 GROUP', Ancient Mesoamerica, 34, pp. 1 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0956536122000128

Serafin S; Masson MA; Peraza Lope C; Kennett DJ; George RJ, 2022, 'Social Identity and Dental Modification at the Postclassic Maya Urban Centre of Mayapan', Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 32, pp. 117 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0959774321000342

Masson MA; Russell BW; Serafin S; Lope CP, 2021, 'Hybridity and Mortuary Patterns at the Colonial Maya Visita Settlement of Yacman, Mexico', International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 25, pp. 905 - 930, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10761-020-00581-5

Paris EH; Bravo RL; Serafin S, 2020, 'A Funerary Cave at Moxviquil, Chiapas, Mexico', Journal of Field Archaeology, 45, pp. 86 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2019.1693091

Wilson A; Serafin S; Seckiner D; Berry R; Mallett X, 2019, 'Evaluating the utility of time-lapse imaging in the estimation of post-mortem interval: An Australian case study', Forensic Science International: Synergy, 1, pp. 204 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsisyn.2019.08.003

Paris EH; Serafin S; Masson MA; Peraza Lope C; Vidal Guzmán C; Russell BW, 2017, 'Violence, desecration, and urban collapse at the Postclassic Maya political capital of Mayapán', Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 48, pp. 63 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2017.06.002

AbouHashem Y; Dayal M; Serafin S; Štrkalj G, 2017, 'Students' attitudes toward body image donation for 3D printing', Clinical Anatomy, 30, pp. 1005 - 1006, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ca.22978

Serafin S, 2016, 'Book review', HOMO, 67, pp. 258 - 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2016.04.004

Serafin S; Lope CP; Uc González E, 2014, 'Bioarchaeological investigation of ancient Maya violence and warfare in inland northwest Yucatan, Mexico', American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 154, pp. 140 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22490

Alexander M; Marten M; Stewart E; Serafin S; Štrkalj G, 2014, 'Attitudes of Australian chiropractic students toward whole body donation: A cross-sectional study', Anatomical Sciences Education, 7, pp. 117 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ase.1390

Serafin S, 2012, 'The context of ancient American violence', Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies, 18, pp. 79 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13260219.2012.691262

Serafin S, 2010, 'Dental caries at a late pre-Hispanic regional Maya capital', HOMO, 61, pp. 217 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2010.01.035

Preprints

Dorranian D; Serafin S; Lope CP; González EU; Russell B; Murphy E; Wilson L, 2022, Biomechanical Investigation of Ancient Maya Warfare at Mayapan, Yucatan, Mexico, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.11.499503


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