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AMS Radiocarbon Dating of Preclassic Maya Burials at Cuello, Belize

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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

The use of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) on human bone from early Maya burials at Cuello, Belize provides direct dating of the Preclassic population, and assists resolution of the chronological problems discussed by Andrews and Hammond (1990).

Résumé

Résumé

El uso del acelerador para espectrometría de masa (AMS) en huesos humanos provenientes de enterramientos maya tempranos en Cuello, Belize, provee datación directa de la población Preclásica y ayuda a la solución de los problemas cronológicos discutidos por Andrews y Hammond (1990).

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American Antiquity , Volume 56 , Issue 3 , July 1991 , pp. 514 - 519
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1991

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