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Mesoamerican archaeology : theory and practice

by Julia A. Hendon, Rosemary A. Joyce

This updated second edition examines the methods and theories of Mesoamerican archaeology through contemporary research and international scholarship. It covers major time periods and societies, including bioarchaeology and the Colonial period.

Accession 1309 ISBN 0631230513 Publisher Blackwell Publishing
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