Gender, anatomical knowledge, and pottery production: Implications of an anatomically unusual birth depicted on mimbres pottery from southwestern New Mexico

American Antiquity

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 747-754

  Hegmon, Michelle ^a   Trevathan, Wenda R ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0011755145     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/282015     Document Type: Article

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