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Elite Maya Pottery and Artisans as Social Indicators

  1. Dorie Reents-Budet

Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008

DOI: 10.1525/ap3a.1998.8.1.71

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Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association

Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association

Special Issue: Craft and Social Identity

Volume 8, Issue 1, pages 71–89, January 1998

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Reents-Budet, D. (1998), Elite Maya Pottery and Artisans as Social Indicators. Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association, 8: 71–89. doi: 10.1525/ap3a.1998.8.1.71

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  1. Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education, Museum Support Center, Smithsonian Institution

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  1. Issue published online: 28 JUN 2008
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