Ancient Maya Mercury

@article{Pendergast1982AncientMM,
  title={Ancient Maya Mercury},
  author={D. M. Pendergast},
  journal={Science},
  year={1982},
  volume={217},
  pages={533 - 535}
}
  • D. M. Pendergast
  • Published 1982
  • Geography, Medicine
  • Science
    • Discovery of mercury in an ancient Maya offering at Lamanai, Belize, has stimulated examination of possible sources of the material in the Maya area. Two zones of cinnabar and native mercury deposits can be defined in the Maya highlands, and the presence of the native metal suggests that the ancient Maya collected rather than extracted the mercury from ore. 
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