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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Central Mexico"”.
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Medical pluralism in central Mexico in the early colonial period
This thesis evaluates medical pluralism in central Mexico during the early colonial period, surveying the medical landscape to recognise spaces for and evidence of, medical assimilation and exchange between Spanish, Indian and Black populations. Recognising that medicine during this period was a …
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Geology of the Tierras Blancas Area in the Southeastern Acambay Graben, Central Mexico
… sediments in the southeastern Acambay graben, central Mexico have yielded mammal fossils, including <em>Equus simplicidens</em>, cf. <em>Rhynchotherium</em>, ?<em>Camelops</em>, <em>Mammuthus</em> sp., <em>Bison</em> sp., and <em>Antilocapra</em> sp. The fossiliferous sediments include a period …
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Progressive deformation, fluid flow and water-rock interaction in the Mexican Fold-Thrust Belt, Central Mexico
… study of the Mexican Fold-Thrust Belt (MFTB) in central Mexico provides information on the evolution of the belt and the processes operating to produce structures and fabrics. Key questions addressed concern to the role of lithology in controlling the style of deformation, the role of fluids in …
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Defining the Regional and Seasonal Climatic Response of Long Douglas-Fir Tree-Ring Chronologies in Central Mexico
… long-term tree-ring chronologies across Mexico's complex terrain have made it difficult to model the climate signal of tree-rings in Mexico. The objective of this research is to utilize the improved long-term, high-resolution, gridded instrumental climate dataset for Mexico recently …
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Systematics and Biogeography of South American Tripsacum
… with ten species mostly confined to south-central Mexico and adjacent Guatemala. Three species are restricted to South America. One species occurs in western Mexico and southern Arizona, and one species extends across the range of the genus. When the worldwide distribution of the …
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Murals and the Development of Merchant Activity at Chichen Itza
… of the art of Chichen Itza, Yucatán, Mexico, fails to sufficiently describe its entire decorative program. Absent from discussions of the art tradition is the apparent focus on merchant activity in the city. The influence and power of merchants strengthened during the transition from …
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The historicity of the chroniclers on the conquest of Mexico.
… those chroniclers pertaining to the Conquest of Mexico. Few of us forget that Cortés was the conqueror of Mexico City, but fewer of us remember that for nearly two decades after the fall of the Aztec capital he was the outstanding figure in a series of brilliant movements which added the vast …
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Transitions between town and metropolis : planning strategies for development and conservation of colonial Zacatecas
… value. The colonial city of Zacatecas in central Mexico, was chosen for this study because of its large and considerably well preserved historic center, and because, as a state capital city and primary city in its region, Zacatecas endures intense development pressures which transform it …
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Mapping and Radiocarbon Dating Archaic Period Monuments: La Alberca Structure Complex, Highland Michoacán, Mexico
… samples from the lower buried portions of the Central Structure at La Alberca Complex yield a date range of 7245-6470 cal B.P. The carbon sample laying on an upper tier of the feature yields a date of 4780 cal B.P. These dates suggest that the feature is 7000 to 6000 years old and may have been …
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A REVISION OF THE GENUS ODONTONEMA (ACANTHACEAE)
… of the genus are distributed from coastal central Mexico southward throughout Latin America into northern South America, with one species located on the southeastern coast of Brasil (a second species from Brasil is from an unknown location). Odontonema also is found on the Caribbean …
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Depopulation and Education in a Mexican Migrant Town: Schools in Villa Juarez, San Luis Potosi, 1942-2000
… such as Villa Juarez, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. National educational policies have led to new challenges in agrarian societies as they undergo not only ideological exchanges but the movement of populations that have led to international and national demographic shifts. One of the main …
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Native Subordination Through The Franciscan Institutions During The Sixteenth Century
… research on colonialism and evangelism in Mexico, seeks to heighten the visibility of the Franciscan order in New Spain. I intend to clearly establish how the Virgin de Guadalupe’s influence on native conversions was mediated through, and controlled by, the Franciscan institutional systems …
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Offshore El Salvador: the first interpretation of a unique 2-D seismic dataset and implications for a working petroleum system in a forearc basin setting
… of forearc basins that lie between the coast of Central America and the Middle America Trench, running parallel to the Pacific coastline from central Mexico to Costa Rica. Interpretation of 3,700 kms of 2D seismic data reveal the presence of a deep depositional basin bounded on the northeast by …
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Cultural Waters: Values of Water Resources in Hidalgo, Mexico
… y Huasteca region of Hidalgo state in East-Central Mexico. Through participant observation, semi-structured household interviews and key informant interviews I: 1) described how water is used, obtained and managed; 2) evaluated local concerns about water management and access; and 3) compare …
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Phylogenetic studies of Tribe Cacteae (Cactaceae) with special emphasis on the genus Mammillaria
… Members of Mammillaria from western mainland Mexico, the south-western regions of the USA, and Baja California have a possible close evolutionary relationship with the genera Ortegocactus, Neolloydia, Pelecyphora, Coryphantha and Escobaria. It was also discovered that a small group of …
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The Zapotec Presence at Teotihuacan, Mexico: Political Ethnicity and Domestic Identity
… about the Oaxaca Barrio at Teotihuacan, Mexico, emphasizing the social process of migration and the community's social organization. The 2003 excavation of Structure TL5, located on the western edge of the city, exposed the remains of a Zapotec-style temple, revealing at least two early …
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Escribir sobre la ruina. Operaciones políticas de la poesía mexicana contemporánea 1985-2015
During the last thirty years, Mexico has experienced a profound transformation. With the beginning of the 1980’s, neoliberalism started to take shape in the country through economic, social and political policies that, in the view of those in power, would propel the Mexican economy into the …
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The UP AMIGOS project: Testing the predictive validity of the 2007 Pediatric Expert Committee Recommendations in Latinos
… participants (age 18- to 21-years-old) living in Central Mexico. Participants underwent a health screen that included: a questionnaire, anthropometric measurements (i.e. height, weight, waist circumference, blood pressure), a physician-conducted history and physical, and venipuncture for blood …
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