Knowledge and belief in artistic production by classic maya elites

Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 129-141

  Inomata, Takeshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Art; Craft production; Knowledge; Maya; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014169159     PISSN: 1551823X     EISSN: 15518248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ap3a.2007.17.1.129     Document Type: Article

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