Maya calendar reform? Evidence from orientations of specialized architectural assemblages

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 14, Issue PART 2, 2003, Pages 159-178

  Aveni, Anthony F ^a   Dowd, Anne S ^b   Vining, Benjamin ^c  

^a Colgate University ^*  (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

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EID: 33744984700     PISSN: 10456635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3557592     Document Type: Article

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