The potential role of small depressions as water storage features in the central Maya lowlands

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 13, Issue PART 3, 2002, Pages 343-357

  Weiss Krejci, Estella ^a   Sabbas, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

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EID: 0013497023     PISSN: 10456635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/972115     Document Type: Review

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