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Animating archaeology: local theories and conceptually open-ended methodologies

open access: yes, 2009
Animists’ theories of matter must be given equivalence at the level of theory if we are to understand adequately the nature of ontological difference in the past.
Benjamin Alberti   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Structure of the Ecuadorian Upper Plate From a Joint Seismic‐Gravity Inversion

open access: yesJournal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Volume 130, Issue 8, August 2025.
Abstract The Ecuadorian portion of the South American subduction zone presents an interesting case study in the structure and complex evolution of an upper plate. There are outstanding questions about its tectonic history, composition, and magmatic processes.
Andrew Birkey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

La Specklinia (Orchidaceae) con señuelo, una asombrosa nueva especie de los Andes occidentales en Colombia

open access: yes, 2021
UCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ciencias Agroalimentarias::Jardín Botánico Lankester (JBL)
Vieira Uribe, Sebastian   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

What does it mean to ‘live well’? The contentious politics of vivir bien as alternative development

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 436-453, June 2025.
Abstract Vivir bien is widely used by academics, activists, and governments of the Latin American ‘Pink Tide’ to refer to alternatives to conventional economic development based on indigenous worldviews claimed to oppose capitalist modernity. Through ethnography of local politics within a Bolivian Quechua community, this article explores how the term ...
Matthew Doyle
wiley   +1 more source

Dos Miradas a la Autenticidad: Nostalgia Sensorial y Nostalgia de Conquista en el Campo Culinario Mexicano de la Ciudad de Nueva York

open access: yesThe Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 30, Issue 2, June 2025.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the different expressions of authenticity, fidelity, and genuineness surrounding the Mexican culinary scene in New York. On the one hand, self‐identified Mexicans express sensory and memory nostalgia during the production and consumption of foods they recognize as their own.
Axel G. Elías Jiménez
wiley   +1 more source

Stimulating reciprocity: How human–plant relations support Indigenous cultural revitalization and stewardship in the Ecuadorian Amazon

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 5, Page 1151-1170, May 2025.
Abstract Human–plant relations shed light on forms of reciprocity in Indigenous territorial stewardship. This article shows how Cofán, Siona and Siekopai (also Secoya or Airo Pai in Peru) Indigenous Peoples in the western Amazon collect, cultivate and use yoco (Paullinia yoco) to promote communal conviviality, reclaim once‐threatened cultural practices
Joel E. Correia   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Land Use in Watersheds of the Venezuelan Andes: a Comparative Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The influence of deforestation on tropical watersheds has received limited study. We compared seven catchments in the Venezuelan Andes to examine variation in the relative extent of forested versus disturbed land and the potential consequences of ...
Fernandez, L.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

South American Great Basin: Limnogeological analysis of the Salina del Bebedero Basin, Argentina (Late Pleistocene‐recent)

open access: yesThe Depositional Record, Volume 11, Issue 2, Page 739-763, April 2025.
. The Bebedero tectonic depression in San Luis province, Argentina, is a closed drainage basin that has formed as a result of block‐faulting and rifting processes. The Bebedero lake exhibits notable similarities to the endorheic watersheds of the western United States, particularly those of Death Valley, the Saline Valley and, to a lesser extent, the ...
Eimi Ailen Font   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Especies de los géneros Dracula y Masdevallia (Orchidaceae) en Colombia

open access: yesBiota Colombiana, 2003
Los géneros Dracula y Masdevallia pertenecen a la subtribu Pleurothallidinae de la familia Orchidaceae, familia que incluye entre 17000 y 35000 especies (Dressler 1993).El género Masdevallia fue descrito en 1794 por los botánicos españoles Hipólito Ruiz ...
Eduardo Calderón Sáenz   +1 more
doaj   +8 more sources

Uncovering the Potential of Carbon Stocks and Nutrients in Livestock Systems in Zamora Chinchipe

open access: yesApplied and Environmental Soil Science, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Zamora Chinchipe’s soil supports the biodiversity of its forests, but small farmers also use it for agricultural activities. Unsustainable management of these areas contributes to expanding the agricultural frontier, which generates pressure on ecosystems.
L. Jiménez   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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