Elite artists and craft producers in Classic Maya society: Lithic evidence from Aguateca, Guatemala

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-26

  Aoyama, Kazuo ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 34548078598     PISSN: 10456635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25063083     Document Type: Article

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