Fields of power: Upland farming in the prehispanic Casas Grandes polity, Chihuahua, Mexico

American Antiquity

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 707-722

  Minnis, Paul E ^a   Whalen, Michael E ^b   Emerson Howell, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 34147148550     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/40035885     Document Type: Article

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