The flesh of god: Cosmology, food, and the origins of political power in ancient southeastern mesoamerica

Pre-Columbian Foodways: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Food, Culture, and Markets in Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 635-680

  Freidel, David ^a   Reilly III, F Kent ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0471-3_26     Document Type: Chapter

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