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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Mesoamerican"”.
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Were ancient mesoamerican buildings oriented to magnetic north?
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics; and, (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1979.
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An assessment of stingless beeswax as a pattern material in ancient Mesoamerican lost-wax casting
… literature. Spanish written accounts of ancient Mesoamerican casting processes mention that wax from stingless bees was mixed with copal, or tree resin, and used to form the models for lost-wax casting. Waxes from Mexican stingless bees Melipona beecheii, Scaptotrigona pectoralis, and Melipona …
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Morpho-agronomic and genetic variation and segregation patterns of phaseolus vulgaris landraces from selected provinces of South Africa
… the 40 landraces into two subpopulations namely Mesoamerican and Andean gene pools. Although there was considerable overlap among the landraces, numerous Mesoamerican landraces carried certain seed features or genes from the Andean gene pool, indicating a significant amount of mixing. Although, …
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The Legacy Of Andre Smith
… design six acres of architecture dominated by Mesoamerican and Christian-influenced iconography? The data collection process consisted of interviews; reviews of the City of Maitland council meeting minutes; readings of court documents, newspaper articles, and books in Smith's personal library …
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Architectural patterning in the Purepecha heartland: an intrasite settlement study at the urban center of Sacapu Angamuco, Michoacán, México
… of ancient urbanism which is fundamental to Mesoamerican societies. Angamuco provides a rich opportunity to understand urbanism in the LPB. Understanding the spatial context of buildings and how they are grouped in functionally discernable ways is crucial to interpreting the internal …
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Cherokee Abstract Artist Leon Polk Smith: A Convergence of Traditions
… In addition to his Indigenous philosophies, Mesoamerican Inca Nation’s cultural motifs further ground Polk Smith’s Indigenous aesthetic, and avant-garde works by Piet Mondrian and Kashmir Malevich serve as a contemporary vantage point. This parallel places Polk Smith at a convergence of …
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Sculpting the narrative : the material practice of Epi-Olmec art and writing
… Stela, one of the great masterworks of ancient Mesoamerican stone sculpture. This two meter tall monument bears a richly carved bas-relief protagonist and an inscription of over 500 hieroglyphs. Although this extraordinary inscription and others like it have fueled decades of academic debate, …
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Spanish, Nahua, and Maya Narratives on the 1585 Relación Geográfica Map of Santiago Atitlán
… study complicates the view of sixteenth-century Mesoamerican Relaciones Geográficas maps.
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Studies of new world treehoppers of the subfamily Centrotinae with emphasis on the Caribbean fauna (hemiptera: membracidae)
… a single colonization of the Greater Antilles by Mesoamerican ancestors.
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Chetumal's Dragonglass: Postclassic Obsidian Production and Exchange at Santa Rita Corozal, Belize
… been absent from discussions of Postclassic Mesoamerican economies. The limited amount of obsidian research that has been done is unable to draw comparisons to the region's primary site during this period, Santa Rita Corozal. This thesis remedies this by exploring the importation, production, …
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A Possible Ehecatl Figure from West Mexico
… deity Ehecatl, a god from the broadly shared Mesoamerican deity system that is previously unconfirmed in Preclassic Colima. While West Mexican sculpture was once considered merely illustrative of everyday activities, this thesis concludes that the MFAH Colima Dancer and similar figures evince …
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The Palenque mapping project: settlement and urbanism at an ancient Maya city
… comparison to other well-documented ancient Mesoamerican cities, Palenque is shown to have had an extremely high settlement density and one of the most extensive public works systems ever built by the Maya. The conclusion of this study provides a low-impact excavation plan, one not possible …
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The Indian Map Trade in Colonial Oaxaca
… of a new epistemology that combined European and Mesoamerican worldviews to negotiate the allocation of natural resources among the region's Spanish, Amerindian, and mixed-race communities. This work stresses the role of Indian painters in the formation of early modern empires highlighting the way …
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The Importance of Individual and Population Variation to Human Stature Estimation
… White equations from FORDISC, and Genoves’ Mesoamerican equations. Statistical analysis revealed the necessity for more data collection from Central and South American populations. If this were done, a greater number of unknown individuals could be identified and their remains returned to …
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The Importance of Individual and Population Variation to Human Stature Estimation
… White equations from FORDISC, and Genoves’ Mesoamerican equations. Statistical analysis revealed the necessity for more data collection from Central and South American populations. If this were done, a greater number of unknown individuals could be identified and their remains returned to …
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Use of uranium decay series for dating an archaeological smelting site
… Manchon slags was made. El Manchon is the only Mesoamerican site to exhibit smelting technology. Uranium series dating is typically used on geologically old natural material, but the El Manchon slags were not suitable for other dating techniques. There are four requirements of uranium series …
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Speleothem-Based Hydroclimate Reconstruction of Northeastern Mexico Across the Last Deglaciation
… for defining glacial climate and assessing the Mesoamerican North-South precipitation dipole on millennial to orbital timescales. Our results also demonstrate a dynamic control on precipitation via changes in the Atlantic-Pacific SST gradient. Furthermore, our results help fill a crucial gap in …
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