Power, Memory, and Prehistory: Constructing and Erasing Political Landscapes in the Naco Valley, Northwestern Honduras

American Anthropologist

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-21

  Schortman, Edward ^a   Urban, Patricia ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesoamerican archaeology; Power; Social memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951534562     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2010.01303.x     Document Type: Article

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