A tentative model of the organization of copper production in the tarascan state

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 283-297

  Maldonado, Blanca E ^a  

^a El Colegio de Michoacan AC   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COPPER; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; METALLURGY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 57049132988     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: 14691787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536108000400     Document Type: Article

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