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THE KROEBER ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY PAPERS
Number 17                       Fall, 1957

Published by the Kroeber Anthropological Society

Sally Martin, President; Harumi Befu, Secretary; Grover
Krantz, Treasurer; Leonard Plotnicov, Program Chairman;

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CONTENTS

Harvard kiddle American Archaeological Seminar, 1955-56

An Introduction, by Gordon R. Willey                                1

Pre-Classic Cultures in Mesoamerica: A Comparative

Survey, by Michael D. Coe                                           7

The Classic Stage in Mesoamerica, by Donald W. Lathrap                38
The Postclassic Stage in Mesoamerica, by Jane Holden                  75

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