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Hunting, husbandry, exchange and ritual: animal use and meaning at Moxviquil, Chiapas Mexico

  • 1. Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, Earth Sciences 620, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary AB T2N 0J6 (Canada)
  • 2. Escuela de Arqueología, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Camino Antiguo a San Gabriel s/n, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas 29160 (Mexico)

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Paris, Elizabeth H., Bravo, Roberto López, Pacheco, Ellen, George, Miranda (2020): Hunting, husbandry, exchange and ritual: animal use and meaning at Moxviquil, Chiapas Mexico. Anthropozoologica 55 (4): 43-72, DOI: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2020v55a4

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