Chapter 4. Body and soul among the Maya: Keeping the spirits in place

Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-78

  Gillespie, Susan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1525/ap3a.2002.11.1.67     Document Type: Article

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