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Mesoamerica is a region that extends roughly from the Tropic of Cancer in central Mexico down through northwestern Costa Rica. The term is generally used to denote the peoples and cultures of that region before the Spanish conquest.
The name Mesoamerica was first used by the German ethnologist Paul Kirchhoff to refer to a region of similar cultures characterized by the practice of agriculture and a sedentary lifestyle. The term has now become part of the vernacular in pre-Columbian anthropological studies. By contrast, the sister terms Aridoamerica and Oasisamerica have not entered widespread usage.
Ecology
Mesoamerica is located between 10° and 22° northern latitude. It encompasses central Mexico, except for those Mexican states that border the United States and San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas, Durango, Aguascalientes and the north of Sinaloa. It extends south to include the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, the Pacific coast of Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica up to the Gulf of Nicoya. More on [ Mesoamerica ]
Maya :: Mesoamerican
Olmec :: Mesoamerican
oli_fixmbr (Oliver Herold) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:48:00 -0000
Digital Preservation of a Mesoamerican Wonder http://goo.gl/vxac #teotihuacan #archaeology #pyramid #digital #cg
The Beginnings of Mesoamerican Civilization: Inter-Regional Interaction and the Olmec - by Robert M. Rosenswig. http://j.mp/8hlet1
social_book (New Social Books) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:25:39 -0000
The Beginnings of Mesoamerican Civilization: Inter-Regional Interaction and the Olmec - by Robert M. Rosenswig. http://j.mp/8hlet1
Continuing the trend of WTFLONG NAMES: The Men Who Control The Weather - The Mesoamerican Dream. #MusicMonday
Holland909 (Carlos Jaramillo) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:12:09 -0000
Continuing the trend of WTFLONG NAMES: The Men Who Control The Weather - The Mesoamerican Dream. #MusicMonday
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Aztec Tenochtitlan - Features high-quality photographs of Aztec sculpture and other artifacts from the Mexican Museo Nacional de Antropología and Museo del Templo Mayor.
Meta Description: [ Aztec Tenochtitlan - featuring Mexica art and history at Tenochtitlan.com ]
Mayan Rubbings and Batik Serigraphs - Mayan stelae reproductions by James A. McBride from his original Mayan rubbings 1970-1971.
Meta Description: [ Mayan stelae reproduction 1972-1982 by James A. McBride II, Architect, from his original Mayan rubbings 1970-1971. ]
Merle Greene Robertson's Rubbings of Mayan Sculpture - Information and images from Mesoweb on Dr Robertson and the rubbings of Mayan reliefs she made in 1962.
Mesoamerican Art - Extensive galleries of images and commentary by Edgar Martín del Campo. Spans the northwestern regions of Mexico to south of the Yucatán Peninsula and almost four thousand years of civilization.
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