Early ceremonial constructions at Ceibal, Guatemala, and the origins of lowland Maya civilization

Science

Volumn 340, Issue 6131, 2013, Pages 467-471

  Inomata, Takeshi ^a   Triadan, Daniela ^a   Aoyama, Kazuo ^b   Castillo, Victor ^a   Yonenobu, Hitoshi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CIVILIZATION; EXCAVATION; HISTORICAL TIME (HUMAN HISTORY);

ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; CERAMICS; CIVILIZATION; ESTUARY; GUATEMALA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SURFACE SOIL; SYMBOLISM; WETLAND;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; LA VENTA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; OAXACA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876519753     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1234493     Document Type: Article

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