Perspectives on Actors, Gender Roles, and Architecture at Classic Maya Courts and Households

Royal Courts of the Ancient Maya: Volume One: Theory, Comparison, and Synthesis

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 84-129

  McAnany, Patricia A ^a   Plank, Shannon ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780429497544-4     Document Type: Chapter

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