Hunting and gathering in a ghanaian rain forest community

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 225-243

  Dei, George J S ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Crisis; Gathering; Ghana; Hunting; Subsistence; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037595100     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.1989.9991071     Document Type: Article

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