A reassessment of the chronology and function of Gordon's Cave #3

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January 1995

Abstract

Recent excavations in the first chamber of Gordon's Cave #3 encountered a use floor with a substantial quantity of sherds and artifacts. Middle Preclassic, Gordon subphase sherds were recovered, but overall the ceramics suggest that Preclassic use of the cave was minor with the most intensive use occurring during the Classic period. The artifact assemblage provides a fuller picture of cave rituals which appear to be similar in many respects to those practiced by modern groups in the Guatemalan highlands.

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Copan, Honduras. Ancient Mesoamerica, Vol. 6 (1995).

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SFS0072441_00001

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