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How (Good) Was It to Be the King? Current Research on the Archaeology of Palaces in Ancient America - Palaces of the Ancient New World. Susan Toby Evans and Joanne Pillsbury, editors. 2004. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C. 416pp. $19.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-884-023418. - Palaces and Power in the Americas. From Peru to Northwest Coast. 2006. Jessica Joyce Christie and Patrica Joan Sarro, editors. 2006. University of Texas Press, Austin. 432pp. $35.00 (paperback), ISBN: 978-0-292-72599-7

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Peter Eeckhout*
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Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

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