The economic geography of chert lithic production in the southern Maya lowlands: A comparative examination of early-stage reduction debris

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-119

  Speal, C Scott ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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