Reassessing San Estevan's role in the Late Formative political geography of northern Belize

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-145

  Rosenswig, Robert M ^a   Kennett, Douglas J ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/S1045663500007756     Document Type: Article

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