The story in the floors: Chemical signatures of ancient and modern Maya activities at Aguateca, Guatemala

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1237-1250

  Terry, Richard E ^a   Fernández, Fabian G ^a   Parnell, J Jacob ^a   Inomata, Takeshi ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnoarchaeology; Geostatistics; Heavy metals; Households; Phosphorous

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 3042591833     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2004.03.017     Document Type: Article

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