An integrative approach to mortuary analysis: Social and symbolic dimensions of chumash burial practices

American Antiquity

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-212

  Gamble, Lynn H ^a   Walker, Phillip L ^b   Russell, Glenn S ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0442321005     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2694605     Document Type: Article

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