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People of Clay and Stone: Indexing Other-than-Human Animacy and Collective Identity in Coastal Oaxaca, Mexico 泥石之民墨西哥瓦哈卡沿海地区非人类动物性和集体身份的索引

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Latin American Antiquity Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI: 10.1017/laq.2024.12

Jeffrey S. Brzezinski

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Obsidian Tool Function and Maya Lithic Economy at Terminal Classic Pook's Hill, Belize: Subsistence, Domestic Activities, and Craft Production 伯利兹普克山末期古典时期的黑曜石工具功能和玛雅石器经济：生计、家务活动和手工业生产

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Latin American Antiquity Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI: 10.1017/laq.2024.10

W. James Stemp, Christophe Helmke, Geoffrey E. Braswell, Jaime J. Awe

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Implications of Rock Art Aesthetics in Olmec Sculpture 岩石艺术美学对奥尔梅克雕塑的影响

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Latin American Antiquity Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI: 10.1017/laq.2024.11

Jillian Mollenhauer

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Paisajes agrícolas miniaturas de tiempos prehispánicos tardíos en las tierras altas de Arica (Andes centro sur) 阿里卡高原（安第斯山脉中南部）前西班牙时代晚期的微型农业景观

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Latin American Antiquity Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI: 10.1017/laq.2024.16

Marcela Sepúlveda, Thibault Saintenoy, Rubén Santos

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Nuevos fechados absolutos para el proceso de formación de sitios Chinchorro en el Morro de Arica, costa centro-sur andina 安第斯中南部海岸 Morro de Arica 的钦乔罗遗址形成过程的新绝对年代。

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Latin American Antiquity Pub Date : 2024-08-27 DOI: 10.1017/laq.2023.74

José Castelleti, Bernardo Arriaza, Corina Solís, María Rodríguez Ceja, Claudia Silva, Milagros de Ugarte, Katherine Cisternas, Katherine Vega

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A Deposit of Silver Aquillas from the Site of Purun Llacta de Soloco, Amazonas, Peru – CORRIGENDUM 秘鲁亚马孙州 Purun Llacta de Soloco 遗址的阿奎拉斯银矿藏 - CORRIGENDUM

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Latin American Antiquity Pub Date : 2024-06-03 DOI: 10.1017/laq.2024.18

James M. Crandall, Lorenzo Risco Patiño

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Persistencias y concomitancias visuales en las figurinas arqueológicas del septentrión venezolano: Una comparación iconográfica preliminar 委内瑞拉北部考古雕像的持久性和视觉共通性：初步图标比较。

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Latin American Antiquity Pub Date : 2024-05-16 DOI: 10.1017/laq.2024.6

Alessandra Caputo-Jaffé

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Aportes del sitio Hangar a los modelos de dieta y distribución del guanaco en las pampas de Argentina Hangar 遗址对阿根廷潘帕斯草原上瓜纳科动物饮食和分布模式的贡献

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Latin American Antiquity Pub Date : 2024-05-09 DOI: 10.1017/laq.2024.4

María Clara Álvarez, María P. Barros, Daniela Storchi Lobos, Milagros Ríos Malan, Cristian A. Kaufmann

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How Can Data Science Contribute to Understanding the Khipu Code? 数据科学如何帮助理解 Khipu 代码？

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Latin American Antiquity Pub Date : 2024-05-06 DOI: 10.1017/laq.2024.5

Manuel Medrano, Ashok Khosla

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La experimentación como herramienta para el estudio de la alfarería de la transición pampeano-patagónica oriental (Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina) 将实验作为研究东帕潘潘--巴塔哥尼亚过渡时期（阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯省）陶器的工具。

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Latin American Antiquity Pub Date : 2024-04-24 DOI: 10.1017/laq.2024.2

Erika Borges Vaz, Gustavo Martínez, Lucas Pereyra Domingorena

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