Correlating the Ancient Maya and Modern European Calendars with High-Precision AMS 14C Dating
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Correlating the Ancient Maya and Modern European Calendars with High-Precision AMS 14C Dating
The reasons for the development and collapse of Maya civilization remain controversial and historical events carved on stone monuments throughout this region provide a remarkable source of data about the rise and fall of these complex polities. Use of these records depends on correlating the Maya and European calendars so that they can be compared with climate and environmental datasets. Correl...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific Reports
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/srep01597