Sources of Obsidian from El Mirador, Guatemala: New Evidence on Preclassic Maya Interaction
WR Fowler, AA Demarest, HV Michel, F Asaro…�- American�…, 1989 - JSTOR
WR Fowler, AA Demarest, HV Michel, F Asaro, F Stross
American Anthropologist, 1989•JSTORSeveral hypotheses posit a causal connection between the development and maintenance
of long-distance exchange networks and the origins of Lowland Maya civilization (Rathje
1971, 1972; Tourtellot and Sabloff 1972; Webb 1973, 1975; Jones 1979). Most of the
evidence on exchange in the Maya area has, until recently, been drawn from investigations
of Classic period (AD 300-900) Low-land Maya centers (Freidel 1978, 1979;
of long-distance exchange networks and the origins of Lowland Maya civilization (Rathje
1971, 1972; Tourtellot and Sabloff 1972; Webb 1973, 1975; Jones 1979). Most of the
evidence on exchange in the Maya area has, until recently, been drawn from investigations
of Classic period (AD 300-900) Low-land Maya centers (Freidel 1978, 1979;
Several hypotheses posit a causal connection between the development and maintenance of long-distance exchange networks and the origins of Lowland Maya civilization (Rathje 1971, 1972; Tourtellot and Sabloff 1972; Webb 1973, 1975; Jones 1979). Most of the evidence on exchange in the Maya area has, until recently, been drawn from investigations of Classic period (AD 300-900) Low-land Maya centers (Freidel 1978, 1979;
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