Calcareous fossil inclusions and rock-source of Maya lime plaster from the Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, Mexico

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 624-639

  Riquelme, Francisco ^a   Alvarado Ortega, Jesús ^a   Cuevas García, Martha ^b   Ruvalcaba Sil, José Luis ^a   Linares López, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Calcareous marine fossils; Dolomitic limestone; Lime plaster; Palenque; Temple of the Inscriptions

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CLASSIC PERIOD; DOLOMITE; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL; GASTROPOD; LIME; LIMESTONE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SOURCE ROCK; TAXONOMY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

BIVALVIA; FORAMINIFERA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 83655201157     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.10.022     Document Type: Article

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