Late-Terminal Classic Maya pottery in northern Belize: A Petrographic analysis of sherd samples from Colha and Kichpanha

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 951-966

  Iceland, Harry B ^a   Goldberg, Paul ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Ceramics; MAYA; Petrography

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CERAMICS; MANUFACTURING; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

BELIZE; COLHA; KICHPANHA;

EID: 0032698164     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1999.0426     Document Type: Article

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