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The Postclassic at Cuello, Belize

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

Norman Hammond,
Rupert A. Housley and
Ian A. Law
Norman Hammond
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215, USA
Rupert A. Housley
Affiliation:
Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, 6 Keble Rd., Oxford OX1 3QJ, England
Ian A. Law
Affiliation:
Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, 6 Keble Rd., Oxford OX1 3QJ, England
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Abstract

Accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) dating of animal bone from Preclassic and Postclassic contexts at the Maya site of Cuello, Belize, has demonstrated the utility of the method in a humid tropical lowland environment, and has documented a hitherto unsuspected period of Postclassic activity including architectural construction and apparent occupation.

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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , Spring 1991, pp. 71 - 74
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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