Early Ceremonial Constructions at Ceibal, Guatemala, and the Origins of Lowland Maya Civilization

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  2013

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  Science

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  2013-04-26

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  Geography, Medicine, History

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  DOI 10.1126/science.1234493PMID 23620050
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