A test for shamanic trance in central Montana rock art

Plains Anthropologist

Volumn 48, Issue 186, 2003, Pages 105-120

  Greer, Mavis ^a   Greer, John ^a  

^a Greer Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Montana; Northern Plains; Pictographs; Rock art; Shamanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 21844470690     PISSN: 00320447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2052546.2003.11949299     Document Type: Article

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