Opening the Royal Maya Court

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

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 3-23

  Inomata, Takeshi ^a   Houston, Stephen D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780429497544-1     Document Type: Chapter

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