Biological perspectives on the collapse of the pasion maya

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 267-273

  Wright, Lori E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE; CIVILIZATION COLLAPSE; CLASSIC PERIOD; HISTORICAL STUDY; MAYA PEOPLE;

GUATEMALA, PETEN, PASION;

EID: 0031390647     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536100001723     Document Type: Review

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