Ecological mutualism in Navajo corrals: Implications for Navajo environmental perceptions and human/plant coevolution

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-39

  Kuznar, Lawrence A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1086/jar.57.1.3630796     Document Type: Article

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