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Crafting the Secrets of the Ancient Maya: Media Representations of Archaeological Exploration and the Cultural Politics of US Informal Empire in 1920s Yucatan Cover

Crafting the Secrets of the Ancient Maya: Media Representations of Archaeological Exploration and the Cultural Politics of US Informal Empire in 1920s Yucatan

By: Lisa Munro  
Open Access
|May 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bha-652 | Journal eISSN: 2047-6930
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 1, 2020
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Accepted on: Apr 6, 2021
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Published on: May 10, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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