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The Maya Train: Infrastructure and Racial Capitalism in Southeast Mexico
Antipode, Volume 57, Issue 1, Page 96-119, January 2025.Abstract In this paper, I illustrate the interplay between infrastructure and racialised differentiation through the case of the Maya Train—a contentious megaproject aimed at constructing 1,554 km of rail tracks across southeast Mexico, led by the López Obrador federal administration.
Claudia Fonseca Alfaro
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Detection of Filariid Infections in Mexican Primate Populations Through qPCR
American Journal of Primatology, Volume 86, Issue 12, December 2024.Using a combination of noninvasive sampling and molecular diagnostic techniques, we detected filariae infections in wild spider monkeys and black howler monkeys across southern Mexico by screen for filariid DNA in host feces through qPCR protocols, with an overall prevalence of 26% positive cases.
Brenda Solórzano‐García +3 more
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LAS FIESTAS COLECTIVAS EN PALENQUE. MECANISMOS IDEOLÓGICOS PARA MANTENER EL PODER
Anales de Antropología, 2011 La plaza central es uno de los elementos distintivos de la arquitectura mesoamericana en general y de la maya en particular. En Palenque, los dos espacios públicos principales son la Plaza las de las Inscripciones y el Grupo de las Cruces.
Luis Alfonso Grave Tirado
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American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 185, Issue 3, November 2024.Abstract Objectives Genetic studies of contemporary Puerto Ricans reflect a demographic history characterized by admixture between Indigenous American, African, and European peoples. While previous studies provide genetic perspectives on the general Puerto Rican population, less is known about the island's sub‐populations, specifically Afro‐Puerto ...
Maria A. Nieves‐Colón +6 more
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Soil Science Society of America Journal, Volume 88, Issue 5, Page 1561-1582, September/October 2024.Abstract The soil mantle of the tropical karstic landscapes of Southern Mexico was shaped by specific processes of pedogenesis and long‐term human impacts of ancient Maya agriculture. To understand the interaction between natural and human‐induced soil‐forming processes in the calcareous mountains of Chiapas state, we studied soil toposequences around ...
P. García‐Ramírez +9 more
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Provenance and Geographic Spread of St. Louis Encephalitis Virus
mBio, 2013 St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) is the prototypic mosquito-borne flavivirus in the Americas. Birds are its primary vertebrate hosts, but amplification in certain mammals has also been suggested. The place and time of SLEV emergence remain unknown. In
Anne Kopp +11 more
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American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 184, Issue 2, June 2024.Geographic distribution of shared mtDNA haplotypes between. This map shows the geographic distribution of shared mtDNA haplotypes between the human remains of Puyil Cave and those reported previously from ancient and contemporary people. Additionally, in the bottom right corner are shown the skulls on the surface of Chamber 4, discovered in this cave ...
María Teresa Navarro‐Romero +5 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2024.We present notable distributional updates for 14 species from western Ecuador (seven amphibians and seven reptiles). Abstract We present notable distributional updates for 14 species from western Ecuador (seven amphibians and seven reptiles). Our findings include the northernmost confirmed sighting of Pristimantis kuri and the southernmost documented ...
Keyko Cruz‐García +5 more
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Economic Anthropology, Volume 11, Issue 2, Page 187-197, June 2024.Abstract In this article, we examine what local well‐being means in the contexts of collaborative heritage management and national development in Mexico. Driven by the request of Lacandon Mayas (including the second author) who live in Puerto Bello Metzabok, Chiapas, Mexico, in 2018, we engaged in archeological consolidation and heritage management to ...
Christopher Hernandez +1 more
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Grassland Geopoetics: Son Jarocho and the Black Sense of Place of Plantations and Pastures
Antipode, Volume 56, Issue 3, Page 872-895, May 2024.Abstract This essay considers how the grasslands of the Mexican region of El Sotavento entangle with the history of racial capitalism and with traditional Sotaventine music. Throughout this text, I argue that son Jarocho music and its poetics counterpoint racist colonial discourses making space for ways of being beyond racial capitalism.
Diego Astorga de Ita
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