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AMCS Bulletin 16

Ancient Maya Ritual Cave Use
in the Sibun Valley, Belize

By Polly A. Peterson
with a foreword by James E. Brady
148 pages, softbound
15 tables, 79 figures, including cave maps
2006


This is a complete publication of the author's 2005 PhD disseration, done at Boston University. It is a detailed study of cave archaeology in central Belize, done as part of the Xibun Archaeological Research Project.


Table of Contents

15
Introduction
23
Methods and site descriptions
57
Ceramics
71
Lithics
89
Human skeletal remains
95
Faunal materials and wooden artifacts
105
Speleothem transport to settlements
113
Discussion and conclusions
131
Bibliography

 


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