When is a house a palace?: Elite residences in the valley of oaxaca

Palaces and Power in the Americas: From Peru to the Northwest Coast

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 211-255

  Barber, Sarah B ^a   Joyce, Arthur A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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