AMCS Bulletin 12

Ancient Maya Cave Use in the Yalahau Region,
Northern Quintana Roo, Mexico

By Dominique Rissolo
with a forword by James E. Brady
151 pages, softbound
161 figures, 28 tables
2003


This PhD dissertation is one of the few major publications dealing with Mayan cave use. The study area has numerous surface wetlands, so use of caves was not motivated primarily by their being the only source of water.


Table of Contents
17 Introduction
23 The Study Area: The Yalahau Region and Northern Quintana Roo
27 Review of the Cave Archaeology Literature
37 Caves of the Yalahau Archaeological Cave Survey
89 The Ceramic Analysis
125 Non-Ceramic Artifacts
129 Synthesis and Discussion
141 References

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