Pine, prestige and politics of the Late Classic Maya at Xunantunich, Belize

Antiquity

Volumn 79, Issue 305, 2005, Pages 573-585

  Lentz, David L ^a   Yaeger, Jason ^b   Robin, Cynthia ^c   Ashmore, Wendy ^d  

^a CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Exchange; Maya; Paleoethnobotany; Pine; Political economy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; GOODS EXCHANGE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL HISTORY;

BELIZE; CENTRAL AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 25144464105     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00114516     Document Type: Article

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