Stable Carbon Isotope Evidence of Ancient Maya Agriculture at Tikal, Guatemala

Stable carbon isotope analyses of the humin fraction of the soil organic matter were conducted on more than 160 soil profiles from Tikal, Guatemala. The profiles were collected from near areas associated with the earthworks of Tikal; an ancient ditch and parapet construction hypothesized to have for...

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Main Author: Burnett, Richard Lee
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2009
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Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1888
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2887&context=etd