Cultural and Climatic History of Cobá, a Lowland Maya City in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Quaternary Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 111-122

  Leyden, Barbara W ^a   Brenner, Mark ^b   Dahlin, Bruce H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classic collapse; Climate; Cob ; Holocene; Maya; Mexico; Paleoecology; Pollen; Sediment chemistry; Yucat n Peninsula

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALAEOCLIMATE;

MEXICO, YUCATAN, QUINTANA ROO;

EID: 0031859947     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1941     Document Type: Article

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