Quarrying Evidence at the Quispisisa Obsidian Source, Ayacucho, Peru
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عنوان ژورنال: Latin American Antiquity
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1045-6635,2325-5080
DOI: 10.7183/1045-6635.22.1.121