Issues related to determining burial chronology by fluoride analysis of bone from the Maya archaeological site of Chau Hiix, Belize

Archaeometry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 699-711

  Wrobel, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Bioarchaeology; Burial; Chauhiix; Fluoride; Maya; Relative dating

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); DATING METHOD; FLUORIDE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PREHISTORIC; TAPHONOMY;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 35648993981     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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