Frayed at the edges: Collective memory and history on the borders of Classic Maya polities

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 373-384

  Golden, Charles ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIC PERIOD; MEMORY; MONUMENT; POLITICAL HISTORY; SOCIAL HISTORY;

USUMACINTA BASIN;

EID: 80054893903     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: 14691787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536110000246     Document Type: Review

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