Perspectives on ancient Maya bone crafting from a Classic period bone-artifact manufacturing assemblage

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 458-470

  Emery, Kitty F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone working; Crafting; Late Classic; Maya; Terminal Classic; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350183752     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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