Bioarchaeological evidence for social and temporal differences in diet at Piedras Negras, Guatemala

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-104

  Scherer, Andrew K ^a   Wright, Lori E ^b   Yoder, Cassady J ^b  

^a WAGNER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2307/25063087     Document Type: Article

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