Maya Blue and palygorskite: A second possible pre-Columbian source

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-62

  Arnold, Dean E ^a  

^a WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL HISTORY; LANGUAGE; PIGMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YUCATAN;

EID: 23844545822     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536105050078     Document Type: Article

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