Shabik'eschee village in Chaco Canyon: Beyond the archetype

American Antiquity

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 326-350

  Wills, W H ^a   Scott Worman, F ^a   Dorshow, Wetherbee ^a   Richards Rissetto, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 84870301823     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7183/0002-7316.77.2.326     Document Type: Article

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