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Clovis populations are thought to have been wide ranging, highly mobile foragers, as reflected in stone tool raw material procurement patterns and technological features of associated lithic assemblages. Intense utilization of high quality non-local cryptocrystalline raw materials, heavy stone tool refurbishing and repair strategies, and a lithic industry based on bifacial reduction are main features of the Clovis lithic technological organization suggestive of high mobility. In north-central...
Conspicuous Consumption in the Basin of Mexico: Chinese Porcelains as Prestige Markers in the Eastern Teotihuacan Valley (2015)
Beginning with the 16th century opening up of the New World, New Spain was integrated into the complex trade networks of the expanding world system as part of the Spanish Empire in the Indies. Prior to the rise of capitalism in Europe, mercantilism dominated sociopolitical and economic development trends. Indirect contact with the imperial power of China by way of the Philippines led to the establishment of the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade starting in the 1570s. Exotic goods, including...
Decadal Drought and Wetness Reconstructed for Subtropical North America in the Mexican Drought Atlas (2016)
A new drought atlas has been developed for subtropical North America, including the entire Republic of Mexico. This Mexican Drought Atlas (MXDA) is based on 251 tree-ring chronologies, including 82 from Mexico and another 169 from the southern U.S. and western Guatemala. The new reconstructions of the Palmer Drought Severity Index for June-August provide a more detailed estimation of decadal moisture regimes since AD 1400. Droughts previously identified in a subset of chronologies are...
Deep History and Material Culture of the Spanish Invasion of Mesoamerica (2020)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Plus Ultra: An examination of current research in Spanish Colonial/Iberian Underwater and Terrestrial Archaeology in the Western Hemisphere." , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Through its focus on changes in human societies over the longue durée and the materiality of our existence, archaeology offers a valuable perspective on historic cross-cultural encounters viewed as deep history with tangible...
Documentation of Image Archive (2012)
Description of how the image archive is organized.
En Las Vías: Suffering and Triage on the Central American Trail (2016)
Undocumented Central Americans migrating to the United States must first cross the entire country of Mexico. In order to make this clandestine crossing the majority of people ride on the tops of deadly freight trains and walk along train tracks that traverse hundreds of miles of remote Mexican wilderness. This perilous journey can last anywhere from weeks to several months. During this stage of migration people suffer from a variety of injuries and ailments including (but not limited to)...
Feature information from PALM survey through 2002 (2012)
This excel file contains information about the archaeological features recorded in survey from 1986 to 2002. The variables are described in a separate document: mcolvars.doc. A collection number is based on the feature number. Any additional collection from a feature was given a separate number, normally in the 900s.
Feature variables for PALM survey, definitions (2012)
This document file describes the variables in the mndallto02.xls file.
Field and Laboratory notes and records for Patarata excavations, 1968-69 (2012)
These scans are of the original field and laboratory records from excavations in 1968-1969 on Patarata Island, Veracruz, Mexico, reported in a monograph published by Vanderbilt University.
Figurines 1-500 (2012)
These figurine images fall within accession numbers 1-500. Variables are described in the Documentation of Image Archive, and associated information about the image is contained in the access database Palm Image Archive.
Figurines 1001-1200 (2012)
These figurine images fall within accession numbers 1001-1200. Variables are described in the Documentation of Image Archive, and associated information about the image is contained in the access database Palm Image Archive.
Figurines 1201-1500 (2012)
These figurine images fall within accession numbers 1201-1500. Variables are described in the Documentation of Image Archive, and associated information about the image is contained in the access database Palm Image Archive.
Figurines 1501-2000 (2012)
These figurine images fall within accession numbers 1501-2000. Variables are described in the Documentation of Image Archive, and associated information about the image is contained in the access database Palm Image Archive.
Figurines 2500-3000 (2012)
These figurine images fall within accession numbers 2500-3000. Variables are described in the Documentation of Image Archive, and associated information about the image is contained in the access database Palm Image Archive.
Figurines 3001-3700 (2012)
These figurine images fall within accession numbers 3001-3700. Variables are described in the Documentation of Image Archive, and associated information about the image is contained in the access database Palm Image Archive.
Figurines 3701-3800 (2013)
These figurine images have accession numbers 3701-3800 in the image archhive. Variables are described in the Documentation of Image Archive, and associated information about the image is contained in the access database Palm Image Archive.
Figurines 3801-3900 (2013)
These figurine images have accession numbers 3801-3900 in the image archive. Variables are described in the Documentation of Image Archive, and associated information about the image is contained in the access database Palm Image Archive.
Figurines 501-1000 (2012)
These figurine images fall within accession numbers 501-1000. Variables are described in the Documentation of Image Archive, and associated information about the image is contained in the access database Palm Image Archive.
Figurines from PALM survey (2012)
This file contains tallies of figurines according to feature number or Isolated Find (IF) number. The figurine classification is described in the figurine codebook. Note that if the figurine was an IF, the collection/feature number is entered as missing data (all 9s).
Gomphotheres, Mastodons, and Mammoths: The Fauna from El Fin del Mundo, Sonora (2017)
El Fin del Mundo, Sonora is the only known site where Clovis artifacts have been found in association with the remains of gomphotheres (Cuvieronius sp.), dated to 11,550 ± 60 rcyBP. Analysis of the faunal remains from the site confirms the presence of two juvenile/sub-adult gomphotheres (Cuvieronius sp.) found in close association with Clovis artifacts. A second bone bed located beneath the cultural layer, dated to ≤12,180 ±40 rcyBP, contains the remains of gomphothere, mastodon, mammoth, horse,...
Ground stone artifacts from PALM survey (2012)
This file tabulates ground stone artifacts from PALM survey, excluding Isolated Finds (IFs).
Groundstone images (2012)
Ground stone artifact images, labeled by accession number, see "Documentation of Image Archive" and "Palm Image Archive"
Incensario (incense burner) images (2012)
Images of incensarios (incense burners), labeled by accession number, see "Documentation of Image Archive" and "Palm Image Archive."
INEGI Maps (2012)
These INEGI maps were scanned for use in GIS programs for the Proyecto Arqueologico La Mixtequilla.
Informe técnico 2012 — Imágenes de Oxtotitlán y Cahuaziziqui (2012)
Imágenes fotográficas, computacionales, y compuestas adjuntas al informe técnico Proyecto sobre la escritura temprana. Arte, cosmovisión y símbolo en la evolución de la complejidad mesoaméricana. Estudios de las cuevas de Oxtotitlán y Cahuaziziqui,Guerrero, México, Primera temporada (Enero 2012). Christopher L. von Nagy y Mary D. Pohl.