High-resolution chronology for the Mesoamerican urban center of Teotihuacan derived from Bayesian statistics of radiocarbon and archaeological data

Quaternary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-107

  Beramendi Orosco, Laura E ^a   Gonzalez Hernandez, Galia ^a   Urrutia Fucugauchi, Jaime ^a   Manzanilla, Linda R ^a   Soler Arechalde, Ana M ^a   Goguitchaishvili, Avto ^c   Jarboe, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Laboratorio Interinstitucional de Magnetismo Natural   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Calibration; Chronology; Outliers; Radiocarbon dating; Teopancazco; Teotihuacan

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALIBRATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OUTLIER; RADIOCARBON DATING;

MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TEOTIHUACAN;

EID: 60249103035     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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