Spatial Dimensions of Maya Courtly Life: Problems and Issues

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

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 130-167

  Webster, David ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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