Mortuary ritual and family politics at formative and early classic K'axob, Belize

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 129-146

  McAnany, Patricia A ^a   Storey, Rebecca ^b   Lockard, Angela K ^c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0001504132     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536199101081     Document Type: Article

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