Beyond the buildings: Formation processes of ancient Maya houselots and methods for the study of non-architectural space

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 442-473

  Hutson, Scott R ^a   Stanton, Travis W ^b   Magnoni, Aline ^c   Terry, Richard ^d   Craner, Jason ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity areas; Biomarkers; Chunchucmil; Coprostanol; Ethnoarchaeology; Formation processes; Maya; Refuse; Space

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548038135     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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