Involutions of materiality: Operationalizing a neo-materialist perspective through the causeways at Ichmul and Yo'okop

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-173

  Normark, Johan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Causeway; Deleuze; Materiality; Maya

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952740789     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-010-9079-7     Document Type: Article

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