What's in a name: Gender, power, and Classic Maya women rulers

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 251-262

  Hewitt, Erika A ^a  

^a Starr King School for the Ministry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LEADERSHIP; POWER RELATIONS; WOMENS STATUS;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 0033493168     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536199102025     Document Type: Article

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