Enacting power through networks

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 500-514

  Schortman, Edward M ^a   Urban, Patricia A ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchy; Political centralization; Political networks; Social capital; Southeast Mesoamerica

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867400866     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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