Bodies and blood: Critiquing social construction in Maya archaeology

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-41

  Houston, Stephen D ^a,b   McAnany, Patricia A ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency and personhood; House society; Maya archaeology; Mesoamerica; Social constructionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037361161     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4165(03)00006-0     Document Type: Review

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