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Mesoamerica

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See also: Mesoamérica

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Mesoamérica, coined by German-Mexican anthropologist Paul Kirchhoff in 1943.[1] By surface analysis, meso- +‎ America.

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Mesoamerica

  1. A pre-Columbian cultural region extending from southern Mexico to roughly the area that comprises modern Honduras and El Salvador.
    • 2023 August 18, Mindy Weisberger, “Long-standing mystery of modified human skulls in ancient Japan solved by new analysis”, in CNN[1]:
      Intentional skull reshaping is found in burials across Asia, Europe and Mesoamerica.

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  1. ^ "Mesoamerica", EBSCO: "Paul Kirchhoff, a German Mexican anthropologist, devised the term Mesoamerica in 1943."

Italian

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Etymology

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    From meso- +‎ America.

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    Mesoamerica f

    1. Mesoamerica

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