Socioeconomic inequality and the consumption of chipped stone at El Palmillo, Oaxaca, Mexico

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-175

  Feinman, Gary M ^a   Nicholas, Linda M ^a   Haines, Helen R ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33746057024     PISSN: 10456635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25063045     Document Type: Article

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