In this paper, we discuss dietary and possible medicinal practices of an Early Formative
period (2000–1000 BCE) community transitioning from Archaic-style to Formative-style …

In spite of decades of intermittent research, major questions still remain about cultural
developments in the Maya area prior to the first appearance of pottery and settled village life …

This article examines the roles of coastal environments in prehispanic settlement patterns
and land use within the lower Río Verde Valley, Oaxaca, México using interdisciplinary …

The production and use of masks at multiple scales and in diverse contexts is a millennia-
long tradition in Mesoamerica. In this paper, we explore some implications of Mesoamerican …

En este trabajo reunimos las evidencias bioarqueológicas y de espacios funerarios para los
orígenes de cementerios formales, y los cambios en la salud observados en los restos …

Since early in the history of the discipline, archaeology has exhibited a bias toward the
grandiose. Mesoamericanist research is one example, but by no means the only example, of …

Mixteca, and Pacific Coast have undergone the most intensive archaeological and
bioarchaeological research, though a few projects have also considered the Sierra Norte …

The modern state of Oaxaca covers 90,000 km2 and is divided into eight principal regions
(Figure 2.2. 1). These are the Valley of Oaxaca, Mixteca, Pacific Coast, Isthmus of …

To conclude the volume, we revisit the three core themes outlined in the introduction and
developed in the case studies and perspectives chapters. We recognize diverse house …

Many volumes about the ancient Maya define their subject matter by relying on geographical
boundaries and leave it at that. It is our opinion this is an overly simplistic definition, one …