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  • ISSN: 0956-5361 (Print), 1469-1787 (Online)
  • Editors: Blanca Maldonado Center for Archaeological Studies|El Colegio de Michoacán|Sede La Piedad|Mexico, Sarah B. Barber University of Central Florida, USA, and Christina T. Halperin Département d'anthropologie|Pavillon Lionel-Groulx|Université de Montréal|Canada
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Ancient Mesoamerica is an international forum for the method, theory, substance and interpretation of Mesoamerican archaeology, art history and ethnohistory. The journal publishes papers chiefly concerned with the archaeology of the Mesoamerican region and its networks to the north and south, but also features articles from other disciplines including history, paleoenvironmental fields, and ethnoarchaeology. A wide range of topics is covered, including but not limited to Indigenous systems of writing, myths, and history; paleoecology, the environment, and the Anthropocene; landscape archaeology; household-based studies of social organization, economics, and everyday practices; early human occupation and domestication in the region; political and economic organization from the Formative through the Early Colonial periods; migration and human mobility; and studies of ancient religion, personhood, and ontologies of being.
Introducing the first Compact Section: Ancient Maya Inequality

In the first of Ancient Mesoamerica's Compact Sections, multiple Mayanists worked together to compare residential inequality using the exact same methodology for dozens of cities...

"The Compact Section format focuses on building strong, comparative analyses through an introductory article and several case studies. The introduction provides the research methodology and background for the entire special issue with cross-citations to the case studies, and then each case-study focuses on a specific aspect and research question related to that method without needing to repeat that text from the introduction. This format facilitates collaborative research with more freedom for authors to focus on their specific interests. As exemplified by this research effort, this new format makes a great venue for regional comparisons and collaborative research." 

Read the new blog from Adrian S.Z. Chase in full here.


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