Mexico North America Regional Archaeology
Mexico North America Regional Archaeology
Mexico
The investigation of past cultures of the modern nationstate of Mexico through the study and scientific analysis of material remains (i.e., osteological, artifactual, architectural, etc.).
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 - Collection of text discussion, professional articles, chronological charts, images, site maps, and project updates related to the archaeology of the state of Jalisco, western Mexico. Run by Dr. Chris Beekman, a Mesoamerican archaeologist.
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- NOVA Online follows an international group of archaeologists into the Chiapas region of Mexico to search for the remains of the Zoque civilization that preceded the Maya.
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- Various ongoing research projects including excavations at Galeana in Chihuahua, stone artifacts collected at Galeana and Paquimé, ceramics of the Casas Grandes region, and a study of the copper bells of northwest Mexico.
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- From New Scientist, the advent of affluent village life with communities splitting into clans may have heralded the first wars, suggests archeological analysis of ancient Mexico.
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- Information about colonial monuments in the Yucatan region including espadañas, murals, churches, and various archaeological sites. Includes photos and maps and offers guidebooks.
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- An illustrated article by Mark Rose from Archaeology on the rock shelters painted c.600 years ago with animals and people - a World Heritage Site.
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- Photograph gallery and description of the "City of the Gods" from the Mesoamerican Photo Archives at Tulane University.
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- Full-color photographs of archaeological sites and museums from all over Mexico with detailed captions.
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- Personal pages with photographs of Tikal, Palenque, and Tonina; introduction to writing, calendar; links.
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- An article by Charmayne McGee for Planeta.com describing this fragile indigenous culture, a window open to the natural world of preColombian times.
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- Saburo Sugiyama, Arizona State University, Dept. of Anthropology gives a description of this ancient city, with illustrated reports on excavations, chronologies and maps.
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- Archaeological sites in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Sources gathered by Inner Explorations include photographs of caves and a survey being carried out.
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- Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 5,000-year-old shell mound in southern Mexico.
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- The Mesoamerican Formative period (1600 BCE - 300 CE) represents the time when agricultural dependence and sociopolitical complexity developed in the region for the first time.
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- An interactive map of Mexico showing pre-Columbian archaeological sites. Plans and details of some sites.
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- From AP Wire, Mexican archaeologists have unearthed what may be the resting place of dozens of victims, in Balcalar.
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- From ScienceDaily, a team of Field Museum archaeologists discovered a 1,500-year-old underground tomb while excavating a palace-like residence in Oaxaca.
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- Scholarly reports and articles by Lawrence G. Desmond, Mesoamerican Archive, Peabody Museum at Harvard University, on projects in Mesoamerica using ground penetrating radar and photogrammetry, and the history of archaeology.
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- Excellent preservation at CH-AZ-195 provides information on plant use and farming activities for the two hundred years of occupation.
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