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, 2021 Examines and reconstructs the original indigenous logic behind sorcery, analyzing manifestations from the early Olmec to the ethnographic present. While the topic of sorcery and witchcraft in anthropology is well developed in other areas of the world, it has received little academic attention in Mexico and Central America region until now.--Provided by
Coltman, Jeremy D., editor +2 more
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Interregional Interaction in Ancient Mesoamerica [PDF]
, 2018 Archaeologists have long recognized the crucial role of interregional interaction in the development and cultural dynamics of ancient societies, particularly in terms of the evolution of sociocultural complexity and economic systems.
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Ancient DNA studies in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica [PDF]
, 2022 Mesoamerica is a historically and culturally defined geographic area comprising current central and south Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, and border regions of Honduras, western Nicaragua, and northwestern Costa Rica.
Souilmi, Yassine +3 more
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Teotihuacan, an exceptional corporate society of Mesoamerica [PDF]
, 2021 This talk will review what I believe are the exceptional characteristics of the city of Teotihuacan in Mesoamerica of the Classic period: a huge planned settlement with an urban grid, a multiethnic society, a corporate organization.
R. Manzanilla, Linda
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BMJ Open, 2020 Objectives Haemorrhage remains the leading cause of maternal mortality in Central America. The Salud Mesoamérica Initiative aims to reduce such mortality via performance indicators.
Ali H Mokdad +11 more
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Corpo-comunidade e consenso: o estatuto da palavra em uma assembleia zapatista
Anuário Antropológico, 2023 Partindo das relações descritas por Paoli entre palavra, consenso e comunidade no contexto das assembleias comunitárias tseltal, o interesse deste artigo é redescrever o quê cria a palavra zapatista e quais relações ela encaminha.
Lucas da Costa Maciel
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Ethnomedicine and neuropsychopharmacology in Mesoamerica
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2021 The burden of disease caused by mental and neurological disorders is increasing globally, to a disproportionate degree in Latin America. In contrast to the many psychoactive plants with a use history in Mesoamerican cultures, the translation to the wider population of knowledge around numerous botanicals used contemporarily by indigenous Mesoamerican ...
Geck, Matthias S +4 more
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Annals of Human Biology, 2023 Background The Teotihuacan civilisation was the largest one in ancient Mesoamerica. The Teotihuacan city was born in the north-eastern Basin of Mexico around the second century BC, reached its peak in the fourth century AD, and had cultural influence ...
Fuzuki Mizuno +7 more
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Assessment of agricultural drought using MODIS derived FAO's agriculture stress index system (ASIS) over the Iran croplands [PDF]
Desert, 2021 In Iran, the drought is one of the costliest natural disasters, which has devastating consequences for the food security of agricultural households.
P. Asgarzadeh, F. Hamedi, O. Rojas
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Reproductive Health, 2017 Resumen Antecedentes En las regiones más pobres de Chiapas, México, el 50,2% de las mujeres que necesitan anticonceptivos no utilizan ningún método moderno de planificación familiar.
Emily Dansereau +10 more
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