Hunting and Gathering in Tropical Rain Forest: Is It Possible?

American Anthropologist

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 59-82

  BAILEY, ROBERT C ^a   HEAD, GENEVIEVE ^a   JENIKE, MARK ^a   OWEN, BRUCE ^a   RECHTMAN, ROBERT ^a   ZECHENTER, ELZBIETA ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE; FORAGING; HUNTER-GATHERERS; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

EID: 0024534553     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.1989.91.1.02a00040     Document Type: Article

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