Complexity and sustainability: Perspectives from the ancient Maya and the modern Balinese

American Antiquity

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 327-363

  Scarborough, Vernon L ^a   Burnside, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.7183/0002-7316.75.2.327     Document Type: Article

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