The Pre-Arawak Pottery horizon in the Antilles: A new approximation

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-63

  Ramos, Reniel Rodríguez ^a   Babilonia, Elvis ^b   Curet, L Antonio ^c   Ulloa, Jorge ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe   (Puerto Rico)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d INTEC University   (Dominican Republic)

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EID: 49549117607     PISSN: 10456635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1045663500007653     Document Type: Article

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