Multiethnicity or multiple enigma: Archaeological survey and cave exploration in the Río Talgua drainage, Honduras

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 327-340

  Dixon, Boyd ^a   Hasemann, George ^b   Gomez, Pastor ^b   Brady, James ^c   Beaudry Corbett, Marilyn ^d  

^a International Archaeological Research Institute Incorporated   (United States)

^b Inst Hondureno Antropologia H   (Honduras)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL HISTORY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MULTICULTURALISM;

HONDURAS;

EID: 0032436782     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0956536100002029     Document Type: Article

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