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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*
Affiliation:
Royal Ontario Museum

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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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1971

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