Journal of Anthropology, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017 The origins and cultural affiliations of the first sedentary agricultural and pottery‐producing communities in the southern Maya lowlands remain hotly debated. Here, we describe the discovery of a new early farming settlement at the small site of Buenavista‐Nuevo San José on Lake Peten Itza in northern Guatemala.
Jeanette E. Castellanos +2 more
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La ley del talión: la frontera sur de México, una historia jurídico-social [PDF]
, 2010 The south mexican frontier is presented as a complex scenary in which during the course of the centuries different and distinctive juridical overviews had been configurate, and diverse social and cultural elements had been mixed, variating the intensity ...
Narváez Hernández, José Ramón
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Ulama: pasado, presente y futuro del juego de pelota mesoamericano
Anales de Antropología, 2015 El juego de pelota mesoamericano tiene una historia de aproximadamente 3 500 años. Esta práctica era parte integral de la sociedad como lo atestiguan las cerca de 2 000 canchas que se han encontrado en el territorio que se extiende entre el suroeste de ...
Manuel Aguilar Moreno
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Analysis of stakeholders in Mesoamerica for adaptation of agriculture to climate change [PDF]
, 2014 This document describes a process to identify stakeholders in Mesoamerica for work related to adaptation of agriculture to climate change, and select particularly those who could be boundary partners in current or future ...
Baena, M.
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Subseasonal Prediction of the Rainy Season and the Midsummer Drought in Mesoamerica
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 20, 28 October 2025.Abstract The seasonal cycle of rainfall in Mesoamerica exhibits complex features such as the Midsummer Drought (MSD) that greatly influence local agriculture and motivate diagnosing the potential of its subseasonal prediction. This study evaluates state‐of‐the‐art S2S forecast systems for their representation of the rainy season through their ...
J. L. García‐Franco +4 more
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Comparando Mesoamérica y los Andes a través de la etnografía: hacia la construcción de un modelo para trabajar sobre el terreno [PDF]
, 2014 The aim of this article is not to present a finished model but to suggest different approaches for carrying out comparative ethnographic investigations between Mesoamerica and the Andean regions.
Lorente Fernández, David
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Natural Products from Mexican Medicinal Plants as Promising Trypanocidal Drugs
ChemistrySelect, Volume 10, Issue 37, October 6, 2025.Chagas disease (American Trypanosomiasis) is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. Worldwide it is one of the seventeen neglected tropical diseases. There is a need of new drugs. This review assesses the literature (2012‐2024) of secondary metabolites isolated from Mexican plants active against this parasite.
Karla Daniela Rodríguez‐Hernández +2 more
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Plan de acción estratégico para fortalecer la conservación y el uso de los recursos fitogenéticos mesoamericanos para la adaptación de la agricultura al cambio climático – PAEM 2014-2024 [PDF]
, 2015 El Plan de Acción Estrategico para Fortalecer la Conservacion y el Uso de los Recursos Fitogeneticos Mesoamericanos para la Adaptacion de la Agricultura al Cambio Climatico (PAEM) es un mapa de ruta a diez anos para fortalecer la conservacion, el acceso ...
Alcázar, C. +16 more
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Advancements in radiocarbon dating: An overview of its impact on Mexican archaeology
Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue S2, Page S82-S99, July 2025.Abstract In this article, we provide a concise historical summary tracing the evolution of radiocarbon dating techniques in Mexico and Central America. We explore the contributions of early pioneers who first employed radiocarbon dating methods, leading to the establishment of a Mexican accelerator mass spectrometry laboratory. The study highlights its
Corina Solís +3 more
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Friction in the field: Milpa, missionary, and scales of refusal in 1960s highland Guatemala
American Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 2, Page 266-277, June 2025.Abstract This article takes a scalar view of “friction” (Tsing 2005) and “refusal” (Ortner 1995) between ethnography and the archive. The concept of friction was originally formulated in the context of a globalizing world, but friction's perception and experience are highly local.
Mallory E. Matsumoto
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