Early Olmec figurines from two regions: Style as cultural imperative

Mesoamerican Figurines: Small-Scale Indices of Large-Scale Social Phenomena

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 149-179

  Cheetham, David ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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