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Ancestral faces: a Preclassic Maya skull-mask from Cuello, Belize

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Norman Hammond
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Boston University, Boston MA 02215-1406, USA, ndch@bu.edu
Julie Mather Saul
Affiliation:
Lucas County Coroner's Office, 2595 Arlington Ave, Toledo OH 43614-2674, USA, fjsaul@earthlink.net
Frank P. Saul
Affiliation:
Lucas County Coroner's Office, 2595 Arlington Ave, Toledo OH 43614-2674, USA, fjsaul@earthlink.net
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