Warfare, social organisation and resource access amongst the Wosera Abelam of Papua New Guinea

Oceania

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 194-217

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DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1997.tb02604.x     Document Type: Article

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