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Middle Preclassic Maya buildings and burials at Cuello, Belize

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Norman Hammond ,
Amanda Clarke  and
Francisco Estrada Belli
Norman Hammond
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA 02215, USA
Amanda Clarke
Affiliation:
York Archaeological Trust, 1 Pavement, York YO1 2NA, UK
Francisco Estrada Belli
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA 02215, USA
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Work in 1992 has significantly added to understanding of this important Maya site in the Middle Formative or Preclassic period (1000–450 BC). The known settled area now extends to 1.62 sq. km. One of the 14 burials was associated with rich grave-goods, suggesting that it was of a leading member of the Cuello community in the 5th century BC.

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Antiquity , Volume 66 , Issue 253 , December 1992 , pp. 955 - 964
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1992

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