Contextualizing the glyphic texts of Tipan Chen Uitz, Cayo District, Belize

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-64

  Andres, Christopher R ^a   Helmke, Christophe ^b   Morton, Shawn G ^c   Wrobel, Gabriel D ^a   González, Jason J ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84906888228     PISSN: 10456635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7183/1045-6635.25.1.46     Document Type: Article

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