Chipped stone artefacts, source areas, and provenance studies of the Northern Belize chert-bearing zone

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 389-397

  Cackler, Paul R ^a   Glascock, Michael D ^b   Neff, Hector ^b   Iceland, Harry ^c   Pyburn, K Anne ^d   Hudler, Dale ^c   Hester, Thomas R ^c   Chiarulli, Beverly Mitchum ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptocrystalline silicates; Maya northern belize; Neutron activation analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CHERT; PROVENANCE;

BELIZE;

EID: 0033117663     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1998.0340     Document Type: Article

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