Ancient maya perceptions of soil, land, and earth

Soil and Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 311-327

  Wells, E Christian ^a   Mihok, Lorena D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 84919974043     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2960-7_19     Document Type: Chapter

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