Extracted-food resource-defense polygyny in native Western North American societies at contact

Current Anthropology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 707-713

  Sellen, Daniel W ^a   Hruschka, Daniel J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646687000     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425637     Document Type: Article

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