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Mesoamerica [PDF]

, 2020
The Mesoamerican linguistic area is rich with prosodic phenomena, including a wide variety of complex tone, phonation, stress, and intonational systems. The diversity of prosodic patterns in Mesoamerica reflects the extreme time-depth and complex history
Bennett, Ryan, DiCanio, Christian
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Radiogenic strontium isotope variability in the Valley of Oaxaca: A predictive isoscape for Mesoamerican paleomobility studies. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Radiogenic strontium (87Sr/86Sr) isotope analysis is a well-established method for reconstructing the mobility of human populations in the past and present.
Sofía I Pacheco-Forés, Nicolas Gauthier, Lacey B Carpenter, Gwyneth Gordon, Kelly J Knudson   +4 more
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WHAT'S IN A NAME: MESOAMERICA

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2013
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Luis Antonio Sánchez-González, Adolfo Gerardo Navarro-Sigüenza, Juan Francisco Ornelas, Juan José Morrone-Lupi   +3 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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A Prospective Study Measuring the Effect of an Interactive Educational Program on Overweight and Obesity among School-Aged Children

Dietetics, 2023
Being overweight or obese is a public health problem. This work evaluated a food and nutrition education (FNE) intervention to reduce overweight status among schoolchildren in four schools in the West Panama Province. This was a quasi-experimental before-
Israel Ríos-Castillo, Lisbeth Escala, Ledys Urriola, Mónica McKinnon, Stephen R. Kodish, Carlos Rojas-Roque   +5 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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Implementing electronic decision-support tools to strengthen healthcare network data-driven decision-making

Archives of Public Health, 2020
Background Ministries of health in low- and middle-income countries often lack timely quality data for data-driven decision making in healthcare networks.
Diego Rios-Zertuche, Alvaro Gonzalez-Marmol, Francisco Millán-Velasco, Karla Schwarzbauer, Ignez Tristao   +4 more
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MesoRAD: A New Radiocarbon Data Set for Archaeological Research in Mesoamerica

Journal of Open Archaeology Data, 2021
The Mesoamerican Radiocarbon Database (MesoRAD) compiles radiocarbon dates from the archaeological literature of Mesoamerica. The inaugural data set, ‘Lowland Maya Dates’, includes 1846 radiocarbon dates from 132 sites in 21 distinct environmental zones ...
Julie A. Hoggarth, Claire E. Ebert, Victor E. Castelazo-Calva   +2 more
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Agricultural extreme drought assessment at global level using the FAO-Agricultural Stress Index System (ASIS)

Weather and Climate Extremes, 2020
Drought is one of the most frequent climate-related disasters occurring across large portions of globe often with devastating consequences for the food security of agricultural households.
Oscar Rojas
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Cocoa as an Early form of Money in the Economic Sense: Satisfying Store of Value, Unit of Account and Medium of Exchange Requirements [PDF]

SocioEconomic Challenges, 2021
This article examines the special case of cocoa in different parts of Mesoamerica, as it was used for an additional purpose, besides providing for nutritional needs of people, as well as for religious and other ceremonies.
Paul F. Gentle
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