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British Guiana Archaeology: A Return to the Original Interpretations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Clifford Evans  and
Betty J. Meggers
Clifford Evans
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Betty J. Meggers
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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Abstract

The reinterpretation of the Mabaruma phase, British Guiana, by Lathrap does not introduce new evidence that requires abandonment of the original estimate of about A.D. 500 for its introduction from the Orinoco delta.

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Facts and Comments
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American Antiquity , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , July 1964 , pp. 83 - 84
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1964

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