Politics with Style: Identity Formation in Prehispanic Southeastern Mesoamerica

American Anthropologist

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 312-330

  Schortman, Edward M ^a   Urban, Patricia A ^a   Ausec, Marne ^b  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ideology; Mesoamerican archaeology; Political contests; Social identity; Symbols

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035639421     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2001.103.2.312     Document Type: Article

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