Maya community buildings: Two Late Classic popal nahs at Copan, Honduras

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 131-138

  Cheek, Charles D ^a  

^a John Milner Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BUILDING; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL HISTORY;

HONDURAS;

EID: 0042842597     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536103141028     Document Type: Article

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