Archaic origins of the Lowland Maya

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 312-352

  Lohse, Jon C ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84857121637     PISSN: 10456635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7183/1045-6635.21.3.312     Document Type: Article

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