Rethinking ancient Maya social organization: Replacing "lineage" with "house"

American Anthropologist

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 467-484

  Gillespie, Susan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1525/aa.2000.102.3.467     Document Type: Article

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