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Evidence of Early Teotihucan-Lowland Maya Contact at Altun Ha

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

David M. Pendergast
David M. Pendergast*
Affiliation:
Royal Ontario Museum
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Abstract

Discovery of a typical Miccaotli phase offering at Altun Ha, British Honduras (Belize) indicates contact between Teotihuacan and the central Maya lowlands in the second century A.D., 2.5 to 3 centuries earlier than previously recognized.

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American Antiquity , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , October 1971 , pp. 455 - 460
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1971

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