Changing patterns of ceramic stylistic diversity in the Pre-Hispanic Maya lowlands

Acta Archaeologica

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 159-188

  Masson, Marilyn A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0390.2001.720207.x     Document Type: Article

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