Classic Maya Warfare and Weapons: Spear, dart, and arrow points of Aguateca and Copan

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 291-304

  Aoyama, Kazuo ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LOCATION DECISION; POLITICAL CONFLICT; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CENTRAL AMERICA; COPAN; HONDURAS; MAYA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 33645660543     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: 14691787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536105050248     Document Type: Article

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