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    E. Christian Wells

  2. Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA

    Whitney A. Goodwin

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Christian Wells, E., Goodwin, W.A. (2018). Mundo Maya. In: Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_1952-2

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