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Inter-annual variation in the abundance of specialist herbivores determines plant resistance in Datura stramonium. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2023 The study underscores the influential role of specific herbivores in driving plant resistance and offers fresh insights into the inter‐annual evolutionary dynamics of plant resistance. Abstract The expression of plant resistance traits against arthropod herbivores often comes with costs to other essential plant functions such as growth and fitness ...
De-la-Cruz IM, Núñez-Farfán J.
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Journal of Music ArchaeologyThis paper presents the study of a sample of pre-Columbian whistling vessels from Teotihuacan, Mexico, in terms of their organology (morphology, construction and functionality), sonority, iconology and sound symbolism, contributing to the interpretation
Adje Both
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Visible Language, 2021 Teotihuacan, the great metropolis of the Central Mexican highlands, has often been characterized as a state without a writing system. This paper redresses this notion and provides an overview of the city’s writing system and weighs in on its state of decipherment. The corpus of texts is defined and outlined as are its media and contexts.
Helmke, Christophe, Nielsen, Jesper
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Long‐term processes between Classic and Postclassic populations in the Mexico basin
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 33, Issue 6, Page 1018-1027, November/December 2023., 2023 Abstract The study of nonmetric traits is useful for establishing biological differences or affinities between populations. This study considered 12 nonmetric cranial characters. The objective is to compare five series of two different cultural horizons: three populations of the Teotihuacán Classic period and two of the Mexica Postclassic period.
Abigail Meza‐Peñaloza +2 more
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Droughts during the last 2000 years in a tropical sub‐humid environment in central Mexico
Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 38, Issue 5, Page 767-775, July 2023., 2023 ABSTRACT High‐quality records of hydroclimate variability in central Mexico during the last 2000 years are necessary to better understand human–environment interactions in Mesoamerica. Of particular interest are the climatic conditions during the Epiclassic period (ad 600–900), as droughts have been associated with a cultural demise occurring around ad
Margarita Caballero +3 more
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The Maya Are a People of Movement: Reconstructing Shifts in Maya Mobility From Oxygen Isotopes Across Three Millenia at Santa Rita Corozal (Chactemal), Northern Belize. [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolABSTRACT Objectives Decades of archaeological and bioarchaeological research have demonstrated that ancient Maya cities underwent dynamic changes over time, including shifts in sociopolitical organization as well as their cultural and economic ties to other areas of Mesoamerica.
Locker AJ +11 more
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Blue fibers found in dental calculus from Maya sacrificial victims
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 32, Issue 6, Page 1310-1314, November/December 2022., 2022 Abstract Surveyed in 2008–2010, the Midnight Terror Cave contains the comingled remains of at least 118 Maya sacrificial victims from the Classic Period (250 CE–925 CE). In order to determine what the victims were consuming, microscopic analysis was carried out on dental calculus.
Amy M. Chan +2 more
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The Art of Assemblage at La Venta
Art History, Volume 45, Issue 4, Page 832-857, September 2022., 2022 How might the meaning of monumental sculpture be ephemeral? At La Venta, objects from greenstone figurines to massive basalt sculptures were recycled, reworked, and moved around the landscape, their new configurations and associations creating new kinds of meaning and enabling new kinds of ritual interaction.
Claudia Brittenham
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Challenges and Experiences of Managed Aquifer Recharge in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area
Groundwater, Volume 60, Issue 5, Page 675-684, September/October 2022., 2022 Abstract The Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA) is a significant and important urban center in North America, covering an area of approximately 9500 km2 with a population of almost 23 million, yet the water supply remains unsustainable. The total water demand in the MCMA is 84 m3/s and is provided by groundwater (63% or 53 m3/s), imported water (27 ...
Adriana Palma Nava +2 more
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La representación pictórica y gráfica en Teotihuacan como antecedente de los códices mesoamericanos
Interpretatio. Revista de Hermenéutica, 2022 La escritura desarrollada en la antigua Mesoamérica es un hallazgo relativamente reciente que está relacionado con áreas geográficas y periodos específicos.
Tatiana Valdez Bubnova
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