Arnauld Charlotte, Véronique Breuil-Martínez y Érick Ponciano Alvarado, La Joyanca (La Libertad, Guatemala): antigua ciudad maya del noroeste del Petén, Centro Francés de Estudios Mexicanos y Centroamericanos (CEMCA), México D.F. / Asociación Tikal, Ciudad de Guatemala / Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoamérica (CIRMA), Antigua Guatemala, 2004, 138 p. + 16 pl. coul. + cédérom, bibl., gloss., index, ill., carte, plan, photos by Arthur A. Demarest

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Controversial Hohokam handstones from the Salt River Valley, Arizona by Eric Taladoire

“…This paper does not aim to resolve this interrogation, but rather to call attention to a problematic aspect of relationships between Mesoamerica and Oasisamerica.…”
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Voir une chenille, dessiner un serpent à plumes. Une relecture analogique de l’hybridité et des êtres imaginaires en Mésoamérique préhispanique by Dimitri Karadimas

“…This contribution suggests to look at the figure of Quetzalcoatl – in the Teotihuacan iconography as in the later Aztec one – by analyzing imaginary beings and the representations of hybrids in Mesoamerica as an analogical transcription of real beings according to the principles of formal analogy. …”
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The Massacres of Migrants in San Fernando and Cadereyta: Two Examples of Necropolitan Governmentality by Amarela Varela Huerta

“…The text addresses two emblematic massacres of migrants from contemporary Mexico, the San Fernando, Tamaulipas massacre in 2010, and the Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon massacre in 2012 as examples of a "necropolitan governmentality" of migrations in Mesoamerica. It is hypothesized that these massacres are, in addition to disputes over territorial control, crimes that with their performativity seek to exemplify the punishment for those who dare to disobey the laws of access and permanence in the North American territory (Mexico or United States of America). …”
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El doble personaje del planeta Venus en las religiones indígenas del Gran Nayar: mitología, ritual agrícola y sacrificio by Johannes Neurath

“…Indigenous religion of West Mexico’s Gran Nayar region offers important clues for understanding Ancient Mesoamerica’s cults of planet Venus. The fact that among Cora-Indians, and, to a lesser extent, among Huichols and local Nahuas, Venus-related mythology has been maintained should not be taken as something circumstantial. …”
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Entre rutinas cotidianas y eventos extraordinarios: las construcciones de conceptos temporales en la sociedad maya prehispánica by Takeshi Inomata

“…The symbolisms of E-Group assemblages in southern Mesoamerica transformed during the Preclassic period. …”
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Temas rituales en la cerámica « tipo códice » del estilo mixteca-puebla by Gilda Hernández Sánchez

“…The most frequent themes seem to refer to some of the main ritual activities in Mesoamerica. Four of them are commented in this paper: the complex of the Solar Band, of Prayer to the Deceased, of Offering to the Earth and of Smoke and Darkness.…”
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Tamactún-Acalán: interpretación de una hegemonía política maya de los siglos xiv-xvi by Andrés Ciudad Ruiz, Alfonso Lacadena García-Gallo

“…., and tests its validity for other regions of the Maya Lowlands, from the beginning of the Classic period to the arrival of the Spaniards, highlighting the parallelisms with other political systems found in Mesoamerica at the time immediately preceding the Conquest.…”
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¿Cambio climático o variabilidad climática? Historia, ciencia y política en el clima mesoamericano by Daniel Poleo

“… Las variaciones en el clima de Mesoamérica han influenciado el desarrollo y decaimiento de las poblaciones desde los primeros asentamientos humanos. …”
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La industria textil en América Latina by Claudio Belini

“… La industria textil constituye una de las actividades productivas más antiguas de América Latina. En los Andes y Mesoamérica, la producción de textiles era ya muy importante en tiempos prehispánicos y con-tinuó siéndolo durante los siglos de la dominación colonial. …”
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Past and present of allspice (Pimenta dioica) in Mexico and Guatemala by Paulina Machuca, María Teresa Pulido-Salas, Felipe Trabanino

“…Merrill, a native tree to tropical forest in Mesoamerica that eventually became highly valued as a spice in global markets. …”
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Yellow Pitahaya (<i>Selenicereus megalanthus</i> Haw.): The Less Known of the Pitahayas by Daniel Valero, Alex Erazo-Lara, María Emma García-Pastor, Pedro Antonio Padilla-González, Vicente Agulló, Fátima Badiche El-Hiali, María Serrano

“…Pitahaya or dragon fruit is an exotic fruit native to Mesoamerica and is cultivated in several regions of the world. …”
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Iconografía hispano-indígena en dos mapas de mercedes de tierra de Tenancingo, siglo XVI: el uso de topónimos para la representación de entidades geográficas o entidades políticas... by Juan Barrientos Cruz

“… En diversas áreas culturales de Mesoamérica, incluido el actual Centro de México durante el siglo XVI y principios del XVII, se elaboraron mapas con una fuerte carga pictográfica y con un estilo propio que combinaba dos visiones: la de los indígenas y la europea. …”
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Pigmented Maize (Zea mays L.) Contains Anthocyanins with Potential Therapeutic Action Against Oxidative Stress - A Review by Jesús Miguel Magaña Cerino, Héctor Arturo Peniche Pavía, Axel Tiessen, Carmen Magdalena Gurrola Díaz

“…Different maize ( Zea mays L.) varieties have been used for thousands of years as a healthy food source in Mesoamerica including pigmented maize. Maize ingestion could contribute to the reduction in the rate of non-communicable diseases and, in turn, to its function as an adjuvant in their management. …”
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Actinomicetos de suelos de manglares. Antagonismo frente a fitopatógenos de Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.) by Jorge Alejandre-Rosas, Jessica M. Vallejo-Rosas, Norma A. Ochoa-Álvarez, Alejandra Alvarado-Mávil, José L. Ledea Rodríguez

“…Sw.) es una planta originaria de Mesoamérica conocida en México como Chayote, y sus frutos son afectados en postcosecha por Fusarium. …”
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