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Natural Areas of Mesoamerica

Tim Roufs. University of Minnesota Duluth. Natural Areas of Mesoamerica. http:// www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/reference_maps/north_america.html. Physiographic Regions of Middle America. Central High Plateau. Western Sierra Madre. Coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico.

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Natural Areas of Mesoamerica

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  1. Tim Roufs University of Minnesota Duluth Natural Areas of Mesoamerica

  2. http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/reference_maps/north_america.htmlhttp://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/reference_maps/north_america.html

  3. Physiographic Regions of Middle America

  4. Central High Plateau Western Sierra Madre Coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico Yucatán Peninsula Neovolcanic Axis Mountains of northwestern Central America Southern Sierra Madre Isthmus of Tehuantepec Isthmus of Costa Rica- Panama Volcanoes of El Salvador and Nicaragua Coastal Plains of the Pacific Ocean Coastal Plains of the Caribbean Sea Principal Geological Provinces of Middle America

  5. Surface Geology of Middle America

  6. nonagricultural areas agricultural areas limit of high cultures limits of “Mesoamerican” Culture (Kirchoff, 1943) Major Cultural Areas of Middle America, ca. A.D. 1500

  7. http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/maKirchhof_handout.html#titlehttp://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/maKirchhof_handout.html#title

  8. “Middle America” (geological) “Mesoamerica” (cultural)

  9. The Huasteca Central Highlands Central Veracruz Western Mexico and the Northern Frontier Southern Veracruz-Tobasco Maya Lowlands Central Mexico Oaxaca Guerrero Maya Highlands Southern Periphery Regional Divisions of the Mesoamerican Cultural Area

  10. Central Highlands

  11. Valley of Mexico

  12. Istaccihuatl and Popocatepetl

  13. Popocatepetl http://members.tripod.com/~Maverickpage/imagenes/Mex15.jpg

  14. Popocatepetl and Istaccihuatl http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/kids/legends.html#mexico

  15. http://archaeology.la.asu.edu/tm/pages2/mtm04.htm

  16. Schematic Diagram of the Central Highland Area – Patrick F. Gallagher

  17. The Mesa Central of Mexico

  18. Interior Drainage and Lakes of the Central Plateau of Mexico, ca. A.D. 1500

  19. The Northern Portion of Tulancingo Basin, Northeastern Mesa Central

  20. A Portion of the Tarascan Sierra, Michoacan

  21. A Portion of the Highly Dissected Mesa Del Sur, East of Oaxaca City

  22. Northern Part of the Valley of Oaxaca

  23. Mean Annual Precipitation, Mexico and Central America

  24. Normal Hurricane Tracks

  25. Vegetation

  26. Surface Configuration of the Yucatán Penninsula

  27. The Continental Shelf and Areas of Certain Fisheries

  28. Miocene-Pliocene Routes of Animal Migrations

  29. Tim Roufs University of Minnesota Duluth Who Were the First Americas?

  30. Tim Roufs University of Minnesota Duluth

  31. http://www.pbs.org/saf/1406/

  32. http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/mastages_handout.htmlhttp://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/mastages_handout.html

  33. Chinampas

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