Ritual, politics, and the "exotic" in North American prehistory

Engaged Anthropology: Research Essays on North American Archaeology, Ethnobotany, and Museology

Volumn , Issue , 2020, Pages 155-173

  Spielmann, Katherine A ^a   Livingood, Patrick ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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