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A striking new species of <i>Dioon</i> (Zamiaceae) from pine and pine-oak forest of Guerrero, Mexico. [PDF]

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The Archaeology of Mesoamerica

2022
Mesoamerica was home to many civilizations, including the Maya, Zapotec, Mixtec, Toltec, Tarascan, and Aztec. These civilizations developed without any influence from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, or the Andes, and can therefore be seen as an independent series of case studies for comparative purposes. The Mesoamerican civilizations first became known to
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Osteobiographies in Mesoamerica:

Osteobiographies have a long history in Mesoamerican bioarchaeology. This introductory chapter discusses the evolution of the approach to osteobiography in Mesoamerica, beginning with Frank Saul’s coining of the term in his work at Altar de Sacrificios and Javier Romero’s earlier “osteología antropológica” in Mexico.
Gabriel D. Wrobel, Andrea Cucina
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Divination in Mesoamerica

2023
Submission note: A thesis submitted in total fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Archaeology to the School of Historical and European Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora.
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“Homosexual Occupations” in Mesoamerica?

Journal of Homosexuality, 1991
Data gathered among self-identified homosexual men in Guatemala City and Mexico City call into question the intrinsic connection between homosexuality and occupational choice posited by Whitam and Mathy (1986). Concentrations of homosexual men in some occupations can be explained as effects of discrimination and of the normal transmission through ...
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Weights and Measures in Mesoamerica

2008
In Latin America, the Indian populations measured and counted the goods, lands, merchandise, and the days and months according to scientist systems that historiography began to decrypt. After the Spanish conquest, the conquerors imported the weights and measures of their country, the Castille, which, itself, had borrowed a good part from the Arab ...
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Urbanism in Mesoamerica

2021
Urban societies have been defined as stratified, and sometimes literate, societies that build large, densely populated, and monumental centers that serve specialized political, economic, and ritual functions for their regions. Mesoamerica is one of six world regions where urban societies developed, independently, in antiquity.
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Interdisciplinary Approaches in Mesoamerica:

2018
This final chapter synthesizes the chapters in the volume. It emphasizes the value of interdisciplinary approaches as they apply to complex issues of migration, mobility, ethnicity, and social identity. Drawing on the book’s chapters, warfare, elite intermarriage, economic opportunities and/or state economic demands, ecological traumas, and political ...
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