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MESOAMERICAN [3 records]

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Record 1 2022-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
  • Archaeology
OBS

The Aztecs... were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
  • Archéologie
OBS

Les Aztèques, ou Mexicas (du nom de leur capitale, Mexico-Tenochtitlan), étaient un peuple amérindien du groupe nahua, c'est-à-dire de langue nahuatl. [...] Au début du XVIe siècle, ils avaient atteint un niveau de civilisation parmi les plus avancés d'Amérique et dominaient, avec les autres membres de leur Triple alliance, le plus vaste empire de la Mésoamérique postclassique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de habitantes y nombres de pueblos
  • Arqueología
OBS

azteca: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que los nombres que designan pueblos o etnias se escriben con minúscula inicial.

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Record 2 2003-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Environmental Management
  • Sociology of Human Relations
OBS

The goal of the Puebla-Panama Plan is to take advantage of the human and ecological riches of the mesoamerican region within a framework of sustainable development and respect for its ethnic and cultural diversity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Sociologie des relations humaines

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas internacionales
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
  • Sociología de las relaciones humanas
OBS

El objetivo del Plan Puebla-Panamá es potenciar la riqueza humana y ecológica de la Región Mesoamericana, dentro de un marco de desarrollo sustentable que respete la diversidad cultural y étnica.

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Record 3 2001-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
  • Archaeology
  • Museums
DEF

Of, relating to, or characteristic of Mesoamerica or of the people of Mesoamerica.

CONT

The classic period, which saw the full flowering of Mesoamerican civilization in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico.

CONT

Mesoamerican archaeologist.

OBS

Mesoamerican : term usually capitalized.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
  • Archéologie
  • Muséologie
DEF

De la Méso-Amérique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Antropología
  • Arqueología
  • Museos
DEF

Perteneciente o relativo a Mesoamérica, región que los americanistas distinguen como de altas culturas, y cuyos límites se encuentran entre una línea que corre al norte de la capital de la República de Méjico, y otra que corta América Central por Honduras y Nicaragua.

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