Reconstructing Classic Maya socioeconomic differentiation and the collapse at Dos Pilas, Peten, Guatemala

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 293-306

  Palka, Joel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CIVILISATION COLLAPSE; CLASSIC PERIOD; HISTORICAL STUDY; MAYA PEOPLE; SOCIOECONONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS;

GUATEMALA, PETEN, DOS PILAS;

EID: 0031390923     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536100001747     Document Type: Article

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