Soil resources of the Motul de San José Maya: Correlating soil taxonomy and modern Itzá Maya soil classification within a Classic Maya archaeological zone

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 337-357

  Jensen, Christopher T ^a   Moriarty, Matthew D ^b   Johnson, Kristofer D ^a   Terry, Richard E ^a   Emery, Kitty F ^c   Nelson, Sheldon D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CIVILIZATION; CLASSIC PERIOD; CORRELATION; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION GROWTH; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; TAXONOMY;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MOTUL DE SAN JOSE; PETEN;

EID: 33947357786     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20156     Document Type: Article

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