• Colha, Belize is a Maya archaeological site located in northern portion of the country, about 52 km. north of Belize City, near the town of Orange Walk...
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    individuals in the center, surrounded by the remains of others. In Colha, Belize, archaeologists discovered a large pit next to a stairway near the center...
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    Maya warfare (section Colha)
    the city or its power. Colha is located in north-central Belize, about 52 km. north of Belize City in a chert-rich area, Colha offers an in depth look...
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    Escondido, Honduras (1100–900 BC) and in middle formative vessels from Colha, Belize (600–400 BC) using similar techniques to those used to extract chocolate...
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    sites located within Belize: Actun Tunichil Muknal Altun Ha Baking Pot Barton Creek Cave Cahal Pech Caracol Cerros Chaa Creek Colha Cuello El Pilar Ka'Kabish...
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  • difficult to decipher dog parts from those of other small mammals. In Colha, Belize, dog foot bones and teeth were found more than any other body part....
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  • AND CROWDED PLAZAS: Evidence for Terminal Classic Maya warfare at Colha, Belize". Ancient Mesoamerica. 16 (1): 101–118. doi:10.1017/S0956536105050091...
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    Palaeoindian ones. However, in northern Belize, particularly given Preceramic and Preclassic lithic technology at Colha, it has been suggested that Palaeoindian...
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    periods. The site of Colha in Belize utilized Ixtepeque in the Postclassic (Hester et al. 1980). The island site of Wild Cane Cay near Belize was an important...
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  • Veldwezelt-Hezerwater Altun Ha Baking Pot Cahal Pech Caracol Cerros Colha, Belize Cuello early agricultural site. Lamanai Lubaantun Nim Li Punit Uxbenka...
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    Cahal Pech (category Maya sites in Belize)
    courtyard Main courtyard Remains of a ball court Another building Cuello Colha, Belize Awe et al. (1990) Awe (2000) Jon C. Lohse, Jaime Awe, Cameron Griffith...
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  • Laguna de On, Belize. Her Master's thesis focused on lithic production changes in Late Classic Maya workshops at the site of Colha in Belize. She has a wide...
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    Tourism in Belize has grown considerably recently,[when?] and it is now the second largest industry in the nation. Belizean Prime Minister Dean Barrow...
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    especially in the Northern Belize Chert-Bearing Zone (NBCBZ) around the site of Colha. NBCNZ chert, also known as Colha chert, is incredibly high quality...
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    lithic workshops, namely, Colha, Kelly, Ladyville, and Callar Creek. The earliest work on Preceramic artefacts from Belize is thought to be that of Augustus...
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  • Cuello (category Maya sites in Belize)
    significant differences between these and the Swasey/Bladen ceramics. Colha, Belize Cuello Archived 2014-04-12 at the Wayback Machine archaeology.about...
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    Chetumal Province (category History of Belize)
    AND CROWDED PLAZAS: Evidence for Terminal Classic Maya warfare at Colha, Belize". Ancient Mesoamerica. 16 (1): 101–118. doi:10.1017/S0956536105050091...
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    archaeological site located in North-Western Belize, Central America. It is situated geographically on the Belize–Mexico border and then continues south across...
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  • Pulltrouser Swamp (category Maya sites in Belize)
    obsidian. The oval bifaces are made from chert sourced near the site of Colha, Belize; these tools have wear consistent with agricultural work and were most...
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    associated with human remains. One of these is a ceramic potbelly from Colha in Belize, the others are from Chalchuapa and Kaminaljuyu. However, since most...
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    (2021). "The Origins and Identification of the Early Maya from Colha and Northern Belize". Ancient Mesoamerica. 32 (3): 502–518. doi:10.1017/S0956536121000468...
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  • San Estevan (Maya site) (category Maya sites in Belize)
    excavations at San Estevan along with initial testing at Nohmul, Santa Rita, Colha and Cuello that Duncan Pring first established the Swazey, Lopez Mamom and...
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    "Isotopic Evidence for Maya Patterns of Deer and Dog Use at Preclassic Colha". Journal of Archaeological Science. 28 (1): 92. doi:10.1006/jasc.1999.0560...
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    Pacbitun (category Maya sites in Belize)
    archaeological site located near the town of San Ignacio, Belize, in the Cayo District of west central Belize. The modern Maya name given to the site means “stone...
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    indicates they were a substantial part of the Maya diet. In fact, at the Colha site, white-tailed deer accounted for up to fifty percent of the Maya meat...
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