Production characteristics of Postclassic Maya pottery from Caye Coco, Northern Belize

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 355-384

  Masson, Marilyn A ^a   Rosenswig, Robert M ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33947592565     PISSN: 10456635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30042505     Document Type: Article

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