The development of prehistoric complex societies: Amazonia, a tropical forest

Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-33

  Roosevelt, Anna C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1525/ap3a.1999.9.1.13     Document Type: Article

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