Continuity and change in the Gwembe Tonga family and their relevance to demography's nucleation thesis

Africa

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 509-533

  Price, Neil ^a   Thomas, Neil ^a  

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EID: 0040912429     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1160873     Document Type: Article

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