Nearly 60 complete or fragmentary slate backings from iron-ore mirrors have been found in
pre-Columbian funerary contexts in northern Costa Rica, including a couple that bear Maya …

Equating maritime anthropology to the ethnography of fishing communities has driven
researchers to neglect certain subjects (and objects) such as traditional shipbuilding …

Dugout caoes were extensively used in the Rio de la Plata basin for centuries if not
thousands of years. Historical documents point to the massive use of different types of …

It is well-established that the Conquest of the Americas by Europeans led to catastrophic
declines in indigenous populations. However, less is known about the conditions under …

La Península de Yucatán, en el sureste mexicano, cuenta con más de 1,300 kilómetros de
litoral marino, además de ríos, lagunas costeras, esteros, manantiales, pantanos y terrenos …

El río Magdalena ha sido la principal vía de comunicación entre el interior continental
colombiano y las dinámicas marítimas del litoral caribe, desde el periodo prehispánico …

¿ Es posible interpretar la conquista desde un punto de vista marítimo? Para ello, es
necesario que nos preguntemos, antes que nada, acerca de la construcción naval. A través …

This article provides an overview of the development of spatial humanities in Mexico,
focusing specifically on the Bishopric of Michoacán. This ecclesiastical and jurisdictional …

This work relies on the proposal that Aztlan was on the same islets of Texcoco Lake where
Mexica founded Mexico-Tenochtitlan, that Teocolhuacan was where Iztapalapa town is …

After decades of pursuing economic and social development strategies, the landmass
referred to as Latin America, including the island nations of the Caribbean, remains a …