The Early Horizon at Tres Zapotes: Implications for Olmec interaction

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-105

  Pool, Christopher A ^a   Ceballos, Ponciano Ortiz ^b   Del Carmen Rodríguez Martínez, María ^c   Loughlin, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^c Centro INAH Veracruz Veracruz   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; OBSIDIAN; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VILLAGE;

MESOAMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

EID: 79551541683     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: 14691787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536110000064     Document Type: Article

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