AN analysis of pXRF obsidian source attributions from tikal, Guatemala

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-97

  Moholy Nagy, Hattula ^a   Meierhoff, James ^b   Golitko, Mark ^b   Kestle, Caleb ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

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EID: 84892620024     PISSN: 10456635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7183/1045-6635.24.1.72     Document Type: Article

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