Pits and bones: Identifying Maya ritual behavior in the archaeological record

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 197-211

  Kunen, Julie L ^a   Galindo, Mary Jo ^b   Chase, Erin ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL TRADITION; MORTALITY;

BELIZE;

EID: 0036771449     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536102132032     Document Type: Article

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