Over distant waters: Places of origin and creation in colonial K'iche'an sources

Pre-Columbian Landscapes of Creation and Origin

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 123-160

  Sachse, Frauke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-76910-3_5     Document Type: Chapter

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