Gender, status, and community in early formative valdivia society

The Archaeology of Communities: A New World Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 161-181

  Zeidler, James A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203354933-16     Document Type: Chapter

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