Potbelly sculpture: An inventory and analysis

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-27

  Thompson, Lauri McInnis ^a   Valdez Jr , Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CERAMICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MONUMENT; PREHISTORIC;

CENTRAL AMERICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 43549125246     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: 14691787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536108000278     Document Type: Article

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