The deposition and chronology of cenote t'isil: A multiproxy study of human/environment interaction in the northern maya lowlands of southeast mexico

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 441-456

  Wollwage, Lance ^a   Fedick, Scott ^b   Sedov, Sergey ^c   Solleiro Rebolledo, Elizabeth ^c  

^a Archaeology and Historic Preservation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHRONOLOGY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; WETLAND;

MAYA LOWLANDS; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84864835399     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21418     Document Type: Article

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