Power, labor, and the dynamics of change in Chacoan political economy

American Antiquity

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-26

  Saitta, Dean J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

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EID: 0002021377     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/282377     Document Type: Article

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