Using Ground-Penetrating Radar to Examine Spatial Organization at the Late Classic Maya Site of El Baúl, Cotzumalhuapa, Guatemala

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 410-425

  Safi, Kristin N ^a   Mazariegos, Oswaldo Chinchilla ^b   Lipo, Carl P ^c   Neff, Hector ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Universidad Francisco Marroquin   (Guatemala)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIC PERIOD; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; DATA SET; EXCAVATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MESOAMERICA;

EID: 84864804695     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21414     Document Type: Article

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