Obsidian Hydration Dating of Tecep Phase Occupation at Nohmul, Belize
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 54 (3) , 513-521
- https://doi.org/10.2307/280779
Abstract
In spite of deranging factors that have retarded full acceptance, the obsidian hydration dating method has potential for archaeology. Its application to 16 obsidian samples from a Tecep phase burial (A.D. 800-1100+) at the Maya site of Nohmul, Belize, suggests late persistence of occupation and allows for resolution of a stratigraphic problem.Keywords
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