Cultural imperatives in clay: Early Olmec carved pottery from San Lorenzo and Cantn Corralito

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 165-185

  Cheetham, David ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CLAY; ETHNICITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MATERIAL CULTURE;

MESOAMERICA;

EID: 79551514023     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: 14691787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536110000040     Document Type: Article

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