Ground platform preparation and the "banalization" of the prismatic blade in western Mesoamerica

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-111

  Healan, Dan M ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CLASSIC PERIOD; SOCIAL HISTORY;

EID: 70349410418     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: 14691787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536109000108     Document Type: Article

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