Tumbaga Object from the Early Classic Period, Found at Altun Ha, British Honduras (Belize)

doi:10.1126/science.168.3927.116

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Tumbaga Object from the Early Classic Period, Found at Altun Ha, British Honduras (Belize)

D. Pendergast

Apr 3, 1970

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Key Takeaway

Key Takeaway: The claw-shaped tumbaga bead found at Altun Ha, British Honduras, is from the Early Classic Period and likely originated in the Cocl culture of central Panama.

Abstract

Excavations at Altun Ha, British Honduras (Belize), have yielded a claw-shaped bead of tumbaga, a gold-copper alloy, occurring as part of an Early Classic offering. Stratigraphic evidence plus radiocarbon dates place the cache at or before A.D. 500, and stylistic elements indicate a source for the bead in the Cocl� culture of central Panama.

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