Subgroup 'names' of the Sakai (Thailand) and the Semang (Malaysia): A literature survey

Anthropological Science

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-57

  Nagata, Shuichi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Tokyo University and Graduate School of Social Welfare   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foragers; Identify; Sakai; Semang; Tribe

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645857967     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.00082     Document Type: Review

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