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An Aztec stone slab found at Templo Mayor in Mexico City depicts Tlaltecuhtli, god of the earth, as a squatting clawed figure that drinks blood. AP (Source:    Anthropology and Archaeology)

The Practice of Archaeology in Mexico: Institutional Obligations and Scientific Results
Edited by Nelly M. Robles García

SAA Archaeological Record, vol. 7, no. 5 (November 2007), pp. 9-43. (Note: The most recent issues of this title are not freely available electronically.)

CONTENTS:

• The Practice of Archaeology in Mexico: Institutional Obligations and Scientific Results
• Good Colleagues, Good Neighbors
• Law and the Practice of Archaeology in Mexico
• The State Control on Archaeology in Mexico
• The Archaeological Registry in Mexico
• Salvage and Rescue Archaeology in Mexico
• Management and Conservation of Archaeological Sites
• The Relevance of Ethics in the Archaeology of Mexico as Pertaining to its Northern Neighbors
• Archaeological Curatorship and Material Analysis at INAH
• Directing Archaeological Projects in Mexico: Experiences over Three Decades