Sex, gender, and status: Human images from the classic mimbres

American Antiquity

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 127-143

  Munson, Marit K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 0011718657     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2694811     Document Type: Article

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