Cognitive neuroscience, shamanism and the rock art of native California

Anthropology of Consciousness

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-37

  Whitley, David S ^a  

^a ICOMOS Rock Art Committee   (United States)

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EID: 1842789294     PISSN: 10534202     EISSN: 15563537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ac.1998.9.1.22     Document Type: Article

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