Late Classic Maya Pottery Production: Review and Synthesis

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-156

  Rice, Prudence M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classic lowland Maya; Political economy; Polychromes; Pottery production

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349091668     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-009-9063-2     Document Type: Article

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