Mortuary representations of the noble house: A cross-cultural comparison between collective tombs of the ancient Maya and dynastic Europe

Journal of Social Archaeology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 368-404

  Weiss Krejci, Estella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Collective burial; Cross cultural research; European history; Habsburg; Kinship; Maya archaeology; Mortuary behaviour; Multiple tombs; Noble houses; Social anthropology

Indexed keywords

EID: 29644441046     PISSN: 14696053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469605304046422     Document Type: Review

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