OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Ancient Mesoamerica is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
LACUSTRINE DYNAMICS AND TLATEL-TYPE SETTLEMENTS FROM MIDDLE FORMATIVE TO LATE AZTEC IN THE EASTERN PART OF LAKE TEXCOCO, MEXICO	12
REVISED CHRONOLOGY AND SETTLEMENT HISTORY OF TULA AND THE TULA REGION	11
OPINIONS ON THE LOWLAND MAYA LATE ARCHAIC PERIOD WITH SOME EVIDENCE FROM NORTHERN BELIZE	10
TERMINAL PLEISTOCENE THROUGH MIDDLE HOLOCENE OCCUPATIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN MESOAMERICA: LINKING ECOLOGY AND CULTURE IN THE CONTEXT OF NEOTROPICAL FORAGERS AND EARLY FARMERS	9
DEFINING RURALITY AT LA JOYANCA (PETEN, GUATEMALA): ARCHITECTURE, LAND USE, AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS	8
RURAL SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION IN EARLY CLASSIC CHUNHUAYUM, YUCATAN, MEXICO	8
LOWLAND MAYA GENESIS: THE LATE ARCHAIC TO LATE EARLY FORMATIVE TRANSITION IN THE UPPER BELIZE RIVER VALLEY	7
SALVAGE AND RESCUE ARCHAEOLOGY INSIDE ANCIENT TULA: RECENT DISCOVERIES AND REVELATIONS	7
EDIFICIO 4, TULA GRANDE: ARCHITECTURE, OCCUPATION, AND ABANDONMENT	6
SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE CORE AND PERIPHERY OF ANCIENT TULA	6
CHILD SACRIFICE IN TULA: A BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY	6
WARRIORS, KINGS, AND TEOHUAQUE AT TULA: A RECONSIDERATION OF THE SO-CALLED “WARRIOR PILLARS” ATOP PYRAMID B	5
WARFARE, SACRIFICE, AND THE CAPTIVE BODY IN LATE CLASSIC MAYA SCULPTURE	5
RECENT INVESTIGATIONS AT TULA CHICO, TULA, HIDALGO	5
FOCAL NODES AND RITUAL ECONOMY IN ANCIENT MAYA HINTERLAND COMMUNITIES: A CASE STUDY FROM SAN LORENZO, BELIZE	5
RURAL SOCIAL COMPLEXITY IN THE ICHCAANZIHO REGION, YUCATAN, MEXICO	5
ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF ANCIENT TULA	5
GATHERING AND SOWING ACROSS THE CENTRAL MAYA LOWLANDS: A REVIEW OF PLANT USE BY PRECERAMIC PEOPLES AND THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PRECLASSIC MAYA	5
THE SOUNDSCAPE IN THE REPLICA OF THE CERÉN TEMAZCAL	5
BEFORE THE MAYA: A REVIEW OF PALEOINDIAN AND ARCHAIC HUMAN SKELETONS FOUND IN THE MAYA REGION	4
REDUCING RISK: MAYA LITHIC PRODUCTION AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION AT CALLAR CREEK QUARRY, BELIZE	4
SHIFTING SOCIAL RELATIONS DURING THE TERMINAL CLASSIC PERIOD (ca. a.d. 810–950/1000): CERAMICS FROM THE LOWLAND MAYA SITE OF UCANAL	4
THE ORIGINS AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE EARLY MAYA FROM COLHA AND NORTHERN BELIZE	4
THE TEMPLE OF QUETZALCOATL, TEOTIHUACAN: NEW DATA ON THE ORIGINS OF THE SACRIFICIAL VICTIMS	4
BRIQUETAGE AND BRINE: LIVING AND WORKING AT THE CLASSIC MAYA SALT WORKS OF EK WAY NAL, BELIZE	4

LiDAR analyses in the contiguous Mirador-Calakmul Karst Basin, Guatemala: an introduction to new perspectives on regional early Maya socioeconomic and political organization	4
THE PRECERAMIC AND EARLY CERAMIC PERIODS IN BELIZE AND THE CENTRAL MAYA LOWLANDS	4
SALT-MAKING IN MESOAMERICA: PRODUCTION SITES AND TOOL ASSEMBLAGES	4
THE STUCCOED AND PAINTED BENCHES OF XOCHICALCO, MORELOS, MEXICO	4
COMPLEXITY, FUNCTION, AND RURALITY: PREHISTORIC MAYA COMMUNITIES OF NORTHWEST BELIZE	4
EVIDENCE FOR SLINGSTONES AND RELATED PROJECTILE STONE USE BY THE ANCIENT MAYA OF THE USUMACINTA RIVER VALLEY REGION	3
UNLEASHING MAYA WARFARE: INQUIRY INTO THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF WAR-MAKING	3
Nueva perspectiva sobre el sistema de organización territorial epiclásico en la región de Zacapu, Michoacán	3
EFFIGY CENSER AND FIGURINE PRODUCTION AT THE POSTCLASSIC MAYA CITY OF MAYAPAN, MEXICO	3
LIFE AND DEATH AMONG THE EARLIEST MAYA: A REVIEW OF EARLY AND MIDDLE PRECLASSIC BURIALS FROM THE MAYA WORLD	3
STREETS AND OPEN SPACES: COMPARING MOBILITY AND URBAN FORM AT ANGAMUCO AND CHUNCHUCMIL, MEXICO	3
The Maya Battle, 786–1519	3
CONTROL, COLLAPSE, AND RESILIENCE AT RÍO AMARILLO IN THE COPAN VALLEY, HONDURAS	3
EQUINOCTIAL SUN AND ASTRONOMICAL ALIGNMENTS IN MESOAMERICAN ARCHITECTURE: FICTION AND FACT	3
RETHINKING THE RURAL IN ANCIENT MAYA STUDIES	3
TACTICAL AND STRATEGIC LANDSCAPES: A STUDY OF MAYA FORTIFICATION AT TZUNUN, CHIAPAS, MEXICO	3
HEALTH CARE IN THE MARKETPLACE: EXPLORING MAYA MEDICINAL PLANTS AND PRACTICES AT PIEDRAS NEGRAS, GUATEMALA	2
MIDDLE PRECLASSIC HYDRAULIC PLANNING AT NIXTUN-CH'ICH', PETEN, GUATEMALA	2
The big picture: Reassessing population estimates and socio-spatial structure at the Zacapu Malpaís urban settlements using LiDAR	2
RUTAS DE COMUNICACIÓN PREHISPÁNICAS Y GEOPOLÍTICA EN LAS MONTAÑAS DEL NORTE DE CHIAPAS, MEXICO	2
PRECLASSIC MAYA FORTIFICATION AT MURALLA DE LEÓN, PETEN: DEDUCING ASSETS, MILITARY STRATEGIES, AND SPECIFIC THREATS THROUGH ANALYSIS OF DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS	2
Holocene volcanic eruptions of the Malpaís de Zacapu and its pre-Hispanic settlement history	2
CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF WARFARE IN THE MAYA WORLD	2
WALKING RURAL IN TZACAUIL, YUCATAN, MEXICO	2
APROVECHAMIENTO DEL PAISAJE Y MANEJO DE LA FAUNA EN PALENQUE, CHIAPAS	2
COMBINATION OF SIGNS IN THE CODICES OF CENTRAL MEXICO: EXAMPLES FROM SACRIFICE AND DISMEMBERMENT REPRESENTATIONS	2
THE BODY OF HIERARCHY: HAND GESTURES ON CLASSIC MAYA CERAMICS AND THEIR SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE	2
Ancestral Maya domesticated waterscapes, ecological aquaculture, and integrated subsistence	2
SELECTIVE MEMORY: MONUMENTAL POLITICS OF THE YAXUNÁ E GROUP IN THE FIRST MILLENNIUM B.C.	2
Pueblos viejos–pueblos nuevos: transformación del paisaje en el norte de Michoacán (México) a inicios del período novohispano (siglo dieciséis)	2
A REGIONAL ASSESSMENT OF OBSIDIAN USE IN THE POSTCLASSIC AZTATLAN TRADITION	2
THE MAUSOLEUM ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT: REINTERPRETING PALENQUE'S TEMPLE OF THE INSCRIPTIONS THROUGH 3D DATA-DRIVEN ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS	2
HEALTH AMONG CLASSIC-PERIOD URBAN AND RURAL MAYA: A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE	2
Special Section Introduction: Introducing Zacapu archaeology and the Uacusecha project	2
THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANDESQUE CAPITAL IN THE MAYA LOWLANDS DURING THE MIDDLE PRECLASSIC	2
THE HOUSEHOLD FUNCTIONS OF OBSIDIAN TOOLS FROM THE EARLY–MIDDLE FORMATIVE VILLAGE OF ALTICA, MEXICO	2
REHABILITATING BECÁN	1
Classic Maya mirror conjurors of Waka', Guatemala	1
The mirrors from Chiapa de Corzo: an early example for the Classic pyrite mirrors?	1
SCULPTURAL TRADITIONALISM AND INNOVATION IN THE CLASSIC MAYA KINGDOM OF SAK TZ'I', MEXICO	1
A STORY OF AWE AND CLAY: MOLD-MADE HIEROGLYPHS FROM ALTA VERAPAZ, GUATEMALA	1
Evolution of ancient farming systems and demography in the volcanic highlands of Zacapu: A model drawn from Geoarchaeology and archaeogeography	1
LITHIC AND FAUNAL EVIDENCE FOR CRAFT PRODUCTION AMONG THE MIDDLE PRECLASSIC MAYA AT CEIBAL, GUATEMALA	1
NAVIGATION PATHS AND URBANISM IN THE BASIN OF MEXICO BEFORE THE CONQUEST	1
Análisis tecnológico de los mosaicos de pirita de Tak'alik Ab'aj	1
Mirrors and reflective objects at Kaminaljuyu	1
BALLCOURT REPRESENTATIONS IN QUIECHAPA, OAXACA, MEXICO: RITUAL OFFERING, FERTILITY, AND LIFE	1
An archaeological evaluation of the Olmec “royal tombs” at La Venta, Mexico	1
CHICHEN ITZA AND ITS ECONOMY AT THE END OF THE CLASSIC PERIOD: TRIBUTE, CENTRALIZED REDISTRIBUTION, AND MARITIME STATIONS	1
SMALL-SCALE HOUSEHOLD CERAMIC PRODUCTION: NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS OF PLAIN AND DECORATED CERAMICS FROM PRE-AZTEC XALTOCAN, MEXICO	1

A preliminary revised life history of Punta Laguna, Yucatan, Mexico: A persistent place	1
THE WIND GOD AND THE DESCENT OF THE TZITZIMITL: NEW INSIGHTS ON THE ICONOGRAPHY AND PROVENANCE OF THE MOSAIC-ENCRUSTED BIRD HEAD AT THE FRIEDENSTEIN PALACE, GOTHA, GERMANY	1
“ENCLOSURES WITH INCLUSION” VIS-À-VIS “BOUNDARIES” IN ANCIENT MEXICO	1