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Obsidian Hydration Dating of Tecep Phase Occupation at Nohmul, Belize

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Norman Hammond
Norman Hammond*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
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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.

Résumé

Résumé

A pesar de los factores desconcertantes que han retardado su completa aceptación, el metodo de datar obsidiana por hidratación tiene un gran potencial para la arqueología. Su aplicación a 16 muestras de obsidiana de un entierro de la fase Tecep de 800 a 1100 D. C. en el sitio maya de Nohmul, Belice, evidencian la persistencia tardía de su ocupacion y contribuye a la resolución de un problema estratigráfica.

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American Antiquity , Volume 54 , Issue 3 , July 1989 , pp. 513 - 521
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1989

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