Burying the past: Locality, lived history, and death in an Aymara ritual of remembrance

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 471-511

  Orta, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0036864052     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.2002.17.4.471     Document Type: Review

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