Bad hair days in the Paleolithic: Modern (Re)constructions of the Cave Man

American Anthropologist

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 288-304

  Berman, Judith C ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0033456801     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.1999.101.2.288     Document Type: Article

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