Cultural traits: Units of analysis in early twentieth-century anthropology

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 225-250

  Lyman, R Lee ^a   O'Brien, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEARNING; REVIEW; TEACHING; THEORY;

EID: 0141717658     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/jar.59.2.3631642     Document Type: Review

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