Origin and collapse of complex societies in Oaxaca (Mexico): Evaluating the Era from 1965 to the present

Journal of World Prehistory

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 451-493

  Balkansky, Andrew K ^a,b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civilization; Mexico; Social evolution; States

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CIVILIZATION; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL HISTORY;

MEXICO;

EID: 0032462827     PISSN: 08927537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022870516264     Document Type: Article

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