Chemical signatures of middens at a late classic maya residential complex, guatemala

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 426-440

  Eberl, Markus ^a   Álvarez, Marco ^b   Terry, Richard E ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ELEMENT; CLASSIC PERIOD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MIDDEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84864812826     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21415     Document Type: Article

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