Formal architecture and settlement organization in ancient West Mexico

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-120

  Ohnersorgen, Michael A ^a   Varien, Mark D ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CROW CANYON ARCHAEOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CIRCULAR BUILDINGS; HISTORICAL STUDY; SETTLEMENT ORGANISATION; SITE INTERACTION; TEUCHITLAN TRADITION;

MEXICO;

EID: 0030467873     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536100001322     Document Type: Article

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