Mexico's Pleistocene terrestrial mammal record includes 13 orders, 44 families, 147 genera
and 280 species, thus is comparable to the Recent one, but shows greater ordinal and …

Late Preclassic (300 BC–AD 100) turkey remains identified at the archaeological site of El
Mirador (Petén, Guatemala) represent the earliest evidence of the Mexican turkey …

The turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is the only domesticated vertebrate to originate from North
America. Accurate reconstructions of the timing, location, and process of its domestication …

The turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) represents one of the few domestic animals of the New
World. While current research points to distinct domestication centres in the Southwest USA …

In this chapter, the authors present their effort to reevaluate the evidence for the preceramic
occupation in the Basin of Mexico, one of the least known periods in the archaeological …

Stable isotopes of carbon (δ 13 C) in terrestrial geological materials (paleosol humus and
carbonates) as well as fossil bones (collagen and tooth enamel) are established as highly …

Recent excavations of two domestic residences at the Mitla Fortress, dating to the Classic to
Early Postclassic period (ca. CE 300–1200), have uncovered the remains of juvenile and …

Alluvial paleosol–sedimentary sequences containing animal fossils, and paleobotanical and
paleopedological archives have a potential for reconstructing Quaternary …

Seabirds are higher-order predators in the marine ecosystem and hence good indicators of
the marine environment. Although the North Pacific has been the focal area for …

Late Pleistocene fossil birds from the Chapala-Zacoalco basins are reported for the first time
in the American continent. Two coracoids (MPG-R-10134 and MPG-R-10153) were …