Looking beyond gender hierarchy: Rethinking gender at teotihuacan, Mexico

Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-36

  De Lucia, Kristin ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; House societies; Social identity; States; Teotihuacan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956587476     PISSN: 1551823X     EISSN: 15518248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-8248.2008.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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