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Ancient Mesoamerica Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1017/s0956536122000384

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An archaeological evaluation of the Olmec “Royal Tombs” at La Venta, Mexico – Corrigendum 对墨西哥拉文塔奥尔梅克“皇家陵墓”的考古评估-勘误表

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Ancient Mesoamerica Pub Date : 2022-12-27 DOI: 10.1017/s0956536122000372

S. Gillespie, Michael Volk

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La isla de Atitlán: un nuevo yacimiento de obsidiana en el Occidente de México 阿蒂特兰岛:墨西哥西部的新黑曜石矿床

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Ancient Mesoamerica Pub Date : 2022-12-19 DOI: 10.1017/s0956536122000153

E. S. Blanco Morales, Guillermo Acosta Ochoa, Rodrigo Esparza López

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An archaeological evalution of the Olmec “royal tombs” at La Venta, Mexico 对墨西哥拉文塔奥尔梅克“皇家陵墓”的考古评估

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Ancient Mesoamerica Pub Date : 2022-12-06 DOI: 10.1017/s0956536122000232

S. Gillespie, Michael Volk

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LiDAR analyses in the contiguous Mirador-Calakmul Karst Basin, Guatemala: an introduction to new perspectives on regional early Maya socioeconomic and political organization 危地马拉米拉多-卡拉克穆尔喀斯特盆地的激光雷达分析：对区域早期玛雅社会经济和政治组织的新视角介绍

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Ancient Mesoamerica Pub Date : 2022-12-05 DOI: 10.1017/s0956536122000244

R. Hansen, Carlos Morales-Aguilar, J. Thompson, R. Ensley, Enrique Hernández, Thomas M. E. Schreiner, Edgar Suyuc-Ley, G. Martínez

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METALWORKING AT MAYAPAN, YUCATAN, MEXICO: DISCOVERIES FROM THE R-183 GROUP 墨西哥尤卡坦玛雅潘的金属加工：R-183群的发现

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Ancient Mesoamerica Pub Date : 2022-08-18 DOI: 10.1017/S0956536122000128

E. Paris, Elizabeth Baquedano, Carlos Peraza Lope, M. Masson, D. Kennett, Stanley Serafin, Jennifer L. Meanwell

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EFFIGY CENSER AND FIGURINE PRODUCTION AT THE POSTCLASSIC MAYA CITY OF MAYAPAN, MEXICO 墨西哥玛雅城的后古典玛雅人的雕像香炉和雕像制作

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Ancient Mesoamerica Pub Date : 2022-08-10 DOI: 10.1017/S0956536122000098

Carlos Peraza Lope, M. Masson, Wilberth Cruz Alvarado, Bradley Russell

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LITHIC AND FAUNAL EVIDENCE FOR CRAFT PRODUCTION AMONG THE MIDDLE PRECLASSIC MAYA AT CEIBAL, GUATEMALA 在危地马拉的塞巴尔，史前中期玛雅人手工艺生产的石器和动物证据

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Ancient Mesoamerica Pub Date : 2022-07-04 DOI: 10.1017/S0956536122000049

A. Sharpe, Kazuo Aoyama

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THE FOX AND THE ARMADILLO: AN INQUIRY INTO CLASSIC MAYA “ANIMAL” CATEGORIES 狐狸与ARMADILLO：对玛雅经典动物范畴的探究

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Ancient Mesoamerica Pub Date : 2022-05-04 DOI: 10.1017/S0956536121000638

Sarah E. Newman, Franco D. Rossi

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HEALTH CARE IN THE MARKETPLACE: EXPLORING MAYA MEDICINAL PLANTS AND PRACTICES AT PIEDRAS NEGRAS, GUATEMALA 医疗保健市场:探索玛雅药用植物和做法在piedras内格拉斯，危地马拉

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Ancient Mesoamerica Pub Date : 2022-04-22 DOI: 10.1017/S0956536122000037

Sarah E. Watson, Joshua T. Schnell, S. Morell-Hart, Andrew K. Scherer, Lydie Dussol

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