Archaeomagnetic studies in central Mexico—dating of Mesoamerican lime-plasters (original) (raw)

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2004, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

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For the first time results of an archaeomagnetic study of unburned lime-plasters from Teotihuacan and Tenochtitlan in central Mesoamerica are presented. Plasters made of lime, lithic clasts and water, appear during the Formative Period and were used for a variety of purposes in ...