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HOW I GOT TO WHERE I AM NOW

One thing after another, a (mostly) linear narrative

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2008

George L. Cowgill
George L. Cowgill*
Affiliation:
School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, PO Box 872402, Tempe, AZ 85287-2402, USA
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E-mail correspondence to:cowgill@asu.edu
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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , Fall 2008 , pp. 165 - 173
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