Isotopic evidence for diet at Chau Hiix, Belize: Testing regional models of hierarchy and heterarchy

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-36

  Metcalfe, Jessica Z ^a   White, Christine D ^a   Longstaffe, Fred J ^a   Wrobel, Gabriel ^b   Cook, Della Collins ^c   Anne Pyburn, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65849379847     PISSN: 10456635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1045663500002492     Document Type: Article

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