The plunder of the Ulúa Valley, Honduras, and a market analysis for its antiquities

Archaeology Cultural Heritage and the Antiquities Trade

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 147-172

  Luke, Christina ^a   Henderson, John S ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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