A pre-Columbian obsidian source in San Luis, Honduras: Implications for the relationship between Late Classic Maya political boundaries and the boundaries of obsidian exchange networks

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 237-249

  Aoyama, Kazuo ^a   Tashiro, Toshiharu ^b   Glascock, Michael D ^c  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sumiko Consultants Co   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; OBSIDIAN; PROVENANCE; TRADE FLOW;

HONDURAS;

EID: 0033500608     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536199102037     Document Type: Article

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