Conspicuous consumption as wasteful advertising: A darwinian perspective on spatial patterns in classic maya terminal monument dates

Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 267-290

  Neiman, Fraser D ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 85021231138     PISSN: 1551823X     EISSN: 15518248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ap3a.1997.7.1.267     Document Type: Article

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