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2017

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The Diet And Subsistence Methods Of The Maya: Their Health And Cultural Consequences From The Pre-Classic Era To Today, Rachel E. Watson Apr 2017

The Diet And Subsistence Methods Of The Maya: Their Health And Cultural Consequences From The Pre-Classic Era To Today, Rachel E. Watson

Honors Undergraduate

The Maya, a once great civilization, seemingly vanished without an obvious reason, before the Spanish landed in the region. Some say that their downfall was a result of famine and inadequate nutrition. Surprisingly, most of the archaeological evidence surrounding the Classic Maya diet and subsistence methods indicates that they both adequately sustained the population to the point where there has been practically no change over hundreds of years. Change did not occur to the Maya diet or the classic subsistence methods until the late twentieth century when the tourism industry exploded in the area of the former Maya empire. The …


“How To Follow Jesus For Life”: Reconstituting Youth As Ideal Christian Subjects In Short-Term Mission, Elizabeth Violet Boyd Jan 2017

“How To Follow Jesus For Life”: Reconstituting Youth As Ideal Christian Subjects In Short-Term Mission, Elizabeth Violet Boyd

Senior Projects Spring 2017

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.