Time, power, and the Maya

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-298

  Rice, Prudence M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/S1045663500007951     Document Type: Article

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