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Political Strategies in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica [PDF]
, 2016 New data from a variety of well-known scholars in Mesoamerican archaeology reveal the creation, perpetuation, and contestation of politically authoritative relationships between rulers and subjects and between nobles and commoners. The contributions span
Kurnick, Sarah, Baron, Joanne
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Cultural continuity in Mesoamerica /
, 1978 Of archaeological evidence from the Valsequillo region, Puebla, Mexico / Cynthia Irwin-Williams -- The origin of Zea mays / George W. Beadle -- Obsidian exchange networks: inferences and speculation on the development of social organization in formative ...
Browman, David L.,edt +1 more
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Legacy effects of European colonialism on hotspots of biocultural diversity threat
People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 6, Page 1742-1754, June 2026.Abstract Patterns of biological diversity have been shaped by cultural practices in the past, while in turn, cultures and languages have evolved in close interaction with local species and ecosystems. However, in the Anthropocene, human activities are putting increasingly diverse pressures on ecosystems and cultures, resulting in accelerating threat ...
Bernd Lenzner +4 more
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Ecological Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 3, Page 502-516, June 2026.First continental‐scale synthesis of hygropetric beetle diversity and distribution across Neotropical highlands. Climatic and topographic gradients structure regional assemblages and niche overlap. Ecological convergence suggests adaptation to similar conditions across disjunct regions.
Janderson Batista Rodrigues Alencar +4 more
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Ecology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 6, June 2026.A comparative macrogenetic framework reveals that standardised landscape‐genomics can identify shared patterns reflecting common histories and assembly processes. We detected convergence in distributional dynamics and delineate three broad patterns and five species groups defined by gene flow and isolation‐by‐distance, highlighting the limitations of ...
Maurizio Rossetto +4 more
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 9, 16 May 2026.Abstract Droughts and tropical cyclones (TCs) are among the deadliest and costliest natural hazards and are expected to intensify in the twenty‐first century due to anthropogenic climate change. The Hurricane Region of the Americas (HRA), an area frequently affected by TCs and droughts, is home to some of the most vulnerable countries to these hazards ...
Dimitris A. Herrera +18 more
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The Cultural Tapestry of Mesoamerica
, 2013 Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica was populated by scores of distinctive cultural groups. Such groups are identified archaeologically by their stylistically unique material cultures, from small, portable ceramic objects to large-scale monumental architecture, as
Wright, Mark Alan
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Nuevos fechamientos para las plantas domesticadas en el México prehispánico
Anales de Antropología, 2010 Con la publicación en 1989 de una serie de fechas directas de radiocarbono por medio de la técnica de espectrometría de masas por acelerador (AMS), aplicados a las mazorcas antiguas obtenidos por la excavaciones de las cuevas de San Marcos y Coxcatlán ...
Emily McClung de Tapia +4 more
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Encyclopedia of ancient Mesoamerica
, 1996 "Mesoamerica" is a term used to define a culture area encompassing present-day Mexico and Central America. Characterized by similarities in agricultural development, urbanization and ceremonial practice, great civilizations rose in the region well before
Bunson, Margaret, Bunson, Stephen M.
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