The social construction of communities in the classic maya countryside: Strategies of affiliation in western belize

The Archaeology of Communities: A New World Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 123-142

  Yaeger, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203354933-14     Document Type: Chapter

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