New questions and old paradigms: Reexamining caribbean culture history

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 243-261

  Pestle, William J ^a   Curet, L Antonio ^b   Ramos, Reniel Rodríguez ^c   López, Miguel Rodríguez ^d  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Universidad de Puerto Rico Utuado   (Puerto Rico)

^d Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe   (Puerto Rico)

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EID: 84892499144     PISSN: 10456635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7183/1045-6635.24.3.243     Document Type: Article

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