Rainfall, patio living, and crisis mortality in a small-scale society: The benefits of a tradition of scarcity?

Current Anthropology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 863-867

  Sawchuk, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0038394075     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/204570     Document Type: Article

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