Power without bounds? Middle preclassic political developments in the Naco Valley, Honduras

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 13, Issue PART 2, 2002, Pages 131-152

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

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 0037724932     PISSN: 10456635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/971911     Document Type: Article

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