Architecture and authority in the Casas Grandes area, Chihuahua, Mexico

American Antiquity

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 651-668

  Whalen, Michael E ^a   Minnis, Paul E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 0007987459     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2694178     Document Type: Article

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