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Thermoluminescent Dating and the Monsters of Acambaro

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Gary W. Carriveau  and
Mark C. Han
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Abstract

Thermoluminescent dates for the Julsrud collection, excavated near Acambaro, Guanajuato, Mexico, are shown to be invalid. Evidence is offered showing that these figurines were fired shortly before they were found.

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American Antiquity , Volume 41 , Issue 4 , October 1976 , pp. 497 - 500
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1976

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