Through several millennia and up to the present, complex forms of indigenous belief and ritual have developed in Mesoamerica, the area between North America proper and the southern portion of isthmic Central America. The term Mesoamerica, whose...

Mesoamerica or Meso-America (Spanish: Mesoamérica) is a region in the mid-latitudes of the Americas, namely the culture area within which a number of pre-Columbian societies flourished before the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 15th and...

The cycle of household development in Santa Maria Acxotle del Monte, a Nahuatl-Spanish community in Tlaxcala, Mexico, reflects a pattern common throughout Mesoamerica. The Mesoamerican developmental cycle starts with virilocal residence rules and ends with male ultimogeniture during the replacement phase. Older sons reside...

Summary. Keys and full descriptions are presented to the species of Lysiloma found within Central America and southeast Mexico, together comprising Mesoamerica. The four species recognised - L. acapulcense, L. aurita, L. divaricata and L. latisiliqua - are widespread and morphologically variable, and are...

A 2,500-year-old city influenced by the Olmecs, often referred to as the "mother culture" of Mesoamerica, has been discovered hundreds of miles away from the Olmecs' Gulf coast territory, archaeologists said.The remains of Zazacatla are providing insight into the early arrival of advanced civilizations in...