From the earth: Minerals and meaning in the hopewellian world

Soils Stones and Symbols: Cultural Perceptions of the Mineral World

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 43-70

  Buikstra, Jane E ^c  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (Mexico)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315066622     Document Type: Chapter

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