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GUATEMALA-ARCHAEOLOGY-MAYANS
This handout image provided April 25, 2013 by the Journal Science shows archaeologists uncovering an early structure found on Platform A-24 at Ceibal, Guatemala. According to a new study by Takeshi Inomata and colleagues, the formal plazas and pyramids at Ceibal, an ancient Maya site in Guatemala, probably arose from broad cultural exchanges that took place across southern Mesoamerica from about 1,000 to 700 BCE. Until now, two theories have dominated the debate concerning the origin of the Maya civilization: one suggesting that the Maya developed almost entirely on their own in what is now southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize, and another suggesting that the older Olmec civilization was the Maya’s dominant cultural influence. The new findings, however, mean that neither of these theories can tell the full story of the Maya. Inomata and his team provide radiocarbon dating measurements taken from some of the ceremonial constructions at Ceibal that predate the growth of La Venta, a major center of the Olmec, by as much as 200 years. This research appears in the 26 April 2013 issue of Science. == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: "AFP PHOTO / Science / Takeshi Inomata / NO SALES / NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==
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Ceibal, GUATEMALA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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Takeshi Inomata |
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25 Aprilie 2013 |
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3008 x 2000 (1.06 MB) |
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