Lost tribes: Indigenous people and the social imaginary

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 58-67

  Kirsch, Stuart ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Amazonia; Indigenous people; Lost tribe; Melanesia; Myth model

Indexed keywords

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LOST TRIBE;

EID: 0031421135     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3317506     Document Type: Article

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