Speleothem breakage, movement, removal, and caching: An aspect of ancient maya cave modification

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 725-750

  Brady, James E ^a,b   Scott, Ann ^b   Neff, Hector ^c   Glascock, Michael D ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research Reactor Center ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CACHING; CAVE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; SPELEOTHEM;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PETEN; PETEXBATUN;

EID: 0039630600     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(199709)12:6<725::AID-GEA10>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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