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Echoes of a farewell: funerary practices in lake cuitzeo, michoacan, between the classic and late postclassic period

The dialectic forms of water, animal and vegetable hierophanies as a memory resource in the myths of indigenous america

Feline prints in prehispanic art: their treatment in the specialized literature

Of spiders and spider webs, territory and cosmos, harmonies and symmetries of creation

Published At: 2017-12-18

This work is based on the analysis of diverse representations whose symbols refer to the creation of the cosmos and terrestrial space modified by human beings based on their worldview.

Cultural Variables for the Study of Social Inequalities in the Late Herrera Society of the Cundiboyacense Altiplano, Colombia (Part Two)

Published At: 2017-12-18

In the second part of this article I analyze four new cultural variables that, in my opinion, allow us to infer an intermediate level of social hierarchization among the Late Herrera populations: a) goldsmithing, b) intensification of cultural exchanges, c) differentiation in the funerary practices, and d) the practices of anthropogenic cranial modification and mummification.

Obituary by Richard G. Cooke (1946-2023) In Memoriam

Published At: 2017-12-15

On February 22nd of this year, in Panama City, one of the most important archaeologists of the continent, Richard G. Cooke, died. one of the most important archaeologists of the continent, Richard G. Cooke, died.