Mending the past: Ix Chel and the invention of a modern pop goddess

Antiquity

Volumn 80, Issue 307, 2006, Pages 25-37

  Ardren, Traci ^a  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Feminism; Maya; Post modern archaeology; Postclassic; Religion; Symbolic archaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CULTURE; FEMINISM; RELIGION;

EID: 33749443869     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00093236     Document Type: Article

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