BURDEN TRANSPORT: WHEN, HOW AND HOW MUCH?

Research in Economic Anthropology

Volumn 23, Issue , 2004, Pages 249-269

  Kramer, Patricia Ann ^a  

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EID: 33747891066     PISSN: 01901281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-1281(04)23010-4     Document Type: Review

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