The pattern of fighting in simple, small-scale, prestate societies

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 563-583

  Gat, Azar ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0001194643     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/jar.55.4.3631615     Document Type: Article

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