Personhood, agency, and mortuary ritual: A case study from the ancient maya

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-112

  Gillespie, Susan D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Agency; house society; individualism; Maya; Mesoamerica; mortuary ritual; personhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035285739     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jaar.2000.0369     Document Type: Article

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