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Atwood, Roger. "Tomb of the Vulture Lord." Archaeology 66.5 (2013): 46-50. Humanities Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Web. 23 Sept. 2015. Houston, Stephen D., and David Stuart. "Of Gods, Glyphs and Kings: Divinity and Rulership among the Classic Maya." Antiquity 70 (1996): 289-312. Humanities Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Web. 23 Sept. 2015. Kaplan, Robert. American Scholar 68.3 (1999): 27. History Reference Center. Web. Mcgill, Sara Ann. Mayan Timeline (2009): 1-2. History Reference Center. Web. "Map of the Maya region before AD 1521; those areas with separate entries in this dictionary are distinguished by Cross-reference type." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 23 Sep. 2015 http://www.oxfordartonline.com.db11.linccweb.org/subscriber/article/img/grove/art/F009079

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