Domestic and political lives of classic maya elites: The excavation of rapidly abandoned structures at Aguateca, Guatemala

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 13, Issue PART 3, 2002, Pages 305-330

  Inomata, Takeshi ^a   Triadan, Daniela ^a   Ponciano, Erick ^b   Pinto, Estela ^c   Terry, Richard E ^d   Eberl, Markus ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0347687917     PISSN: 10456635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/972113     Document Type: Article

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