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Greenstone from Where? Petrographic and Microprobe Analyses of Greenstone Triangulates from Middle Preclassic Pacbitun, Belize (2016)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Linda Howie. Sheldon Skaggs. Terry Powis. Sherman Horn III.

Artifacts made from green-colored rocks, including but not limited to jadeites, circulated widely in Mesoamerica during the Middle Preclassic (c. 900 – 350) and were imbued with cosmological significance and social value from early times. "Greenstone triangulates" form a distinct subset of these artifacts that have only been recovered from Middle Preclassic settlements in the Belize Valley. These roughly triangular objects are typically made from green-colored rocks that are visibly...