Did the Maya build architectural cosmograms?

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-224

  Smith, Michael E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2307/30042813     Document Type: Review

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