Mesoamerica

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Mesoamerica

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

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A pre-Columbian cultural region extending from southern Mexico to roughly the area that comprises modern Honduras and El Salvador. Intentional skull reshaping is found in burials across Asia, Europe and Mesoamerica.

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name a pre-Columbian cultural region encompassing southern Mexico and Central America

Español	Mesoamérica
Português	Mesoamérica
Français	Mésoamérique

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"Mesoamerica." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mesoamerica. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Mesoamerica. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mesoamerica

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"Mesoamerica." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mesoamerica.

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@misc{mesoamerica_2026,
  title = {Mesoamerica},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mesoamerica},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}