The interplay of ethnographic and archaeological knowledge in the study of past human subsistence in the tropics

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Harris, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33645368339     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2006.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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