Implements of state power: Weaponry and martially themed obsidian production near the Moon Pyramid, Teotihuacan

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 173-190

  Carballo, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OBSIDIAN; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL POWER; STATE ROLE; WEAPONRY;

MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TEOTIHUACAN;

EID: 34548091886     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: 14691787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536107000144     Document Type: Article

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