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Development of sedentary communities in the Maya lowlands: Coexisting mobile groups and public ceremonies at Ceibal, Guatemala

Takeshi Inomata, Jessica MacLellan, Daniela Triadan, Jessica Munson, Melissa Burham, Kazuo Aoyama, Hiroo Nasu, Flory Pinzón, and Hitoshi Yonenobu
PNAS first published March 23, 2015; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1501212112
Takeshi Inomata
aSchool of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0030;
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Jessica MacLellan
aSchool of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0030;
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Daniela Triadan
aSchool of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0030;
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Jessica Munson
bDepartment of Linguistics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616;
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Melissa Burham
aSchool of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0030;
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Kazuo Aoyama
cDepartment of Human Communication Studies, Ibaraki University, Mito 310-8512, Japan;
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Hiroo Nasu
dDepartment of Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems, SOKENDAI (Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan;
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Flory Pinzón
eCeibal-Petexbatun Archaeological Project, Guatemala City, Guatemala; and
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Hitoshi Yonenobu
fSchool of Natural and Living Sciences Education, Naruto University of Education, Naruto 772-8502, Japan
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