Questioning postclassic continuity at Baking Pot, Belize, using direct AMS 14C dating of human burials

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Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1057-1075

  Hoggarth, Julie A ^a   Culleton, Brendan J ^a   Awe, Jaime J ^b   Kennett, Douglas J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84906849990     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/56.18100     Document Type: Article

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